PharmaCare publications

Quick links: Information sheets for patients | PharmaCare Newsletter | Pharmacare forms

Policy manuals

• PharmaCare Policy Manual 
  • Unified PharmaCare Policy Manual —full manual on one web page
• Prosthetics and Orthotics Policy Manual

Legislation and regulations

• Pharmaceutical Services Act
• Provider Regulation
• Drug Plans Regulation
  • List of Related Services
  • Schedules 1 and 2
• 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)
• Information Management Regulation

PharmaNet

• 2018/19 British Columbia Controlled Prescription Drug Atlas (PDF, 3.2 MB)

Smoking Cessation Program

• Impact of BC Smoking Cessation Program: Summary of Survey Evaluation, 2020 (PDF, 170KB)
• BC Smoking Cessation Program Survey Evaluation, 2020 (PDF, 647KB)
• BC Smoking Cessation Program: Evaluation of the Nicotine Replacement Component (PDF, 278KB)

PharmCare Trends report

PharmaCare Trends reports expenditures in terms of paid claims and beneficiaries. It is about trends – information is a year old. Current information can be requested. Since it focuses on what PharmaCare pays out, stats about such things as number of Special Authority requests, PharmaNet transactions, or funding of the PharmaCare program, are not in scope.