PharmaCare publications
Last updated: October 30, 2023
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Our most popular publications
PharmaCare Newsletter – a monthly publication for pharmacists and other health professionals
PharmaCare 101 – short videos that explain the basics of PharmaCare
Patient info sheets – reader-friendly information about PharmaCare programs, plans and coverage
Forms – a warehouse of PharmaCare forms for patients, the general public and healthcare professionals
Policy manuals
- PharmaCare Policy Manual
- Unified PharmaCare Policy Manual—full manual on one web page
- Prosthetics and Orthotics Policy Manual
Legislation and regulations
- Drug Price Regulation
- Schedule (PDF, 1.0MB): list of drugs to which Section 5(2) (Low Cost Alternative categories established before April 1, 2013) of the Regulation applies
- Schedule Amendment (PDF, 1.2MB)
PharmaNet
Smoking Cessation Program
- Report on the BC Smoking Cessation Program Survey, 2020 (PDF, 647KB)
- Impact of BC Smoking Cessation Program (summary), 2020 (PDF, 170KB)
- BC Smoking Cessation Program: Evaluation of the NRT Component, 2015 (PDF, 278KB)
Drug submissions and reviews
- Quarterly Report on Completed Drug Submission Reviews, October 2023 (PDF, 352 KB)
- Quarterly Report on Completed Drug Submission Reviews, January 2023 (PDF, 1.1MB)
PharmaCare Trends report
PharmaCare Trends reports on expenditures on claims and beneficiary data from the previous fiscal year. Current information can be requested.
Out-of-scope information includes Special Authority data, PharmaNet transactions and PharmaCare program funding.
- PharmaCare Trends 2021/22 (PDF, 865KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2020/21 (PDF, 5.9MB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2019/20 (PDF, 714KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2018/19 (PDF, 601KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2017/18 (PDF, 581KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2016/17 (PDF, 580KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2015/16 (PDF, 591KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2014/15 (PDF, 1.5MB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2013/14 (PDF, 2.8MB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2012/13 (PDF, 2.5MB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2011/12 (PDF, 2.5MB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2010/11 (PDF, 552KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2009/10 (PDF, 773KB)
- PharmaCare Trends 2007/08 (PDF, 590KB)
- Pharmaceutical Services Division Annual Performance Report 2006 (PDF, 2.0MB)
- PharmaCare Annual Performance Report 2005 (PDF, 1.5MB)