Socioeconomic Status, Sex, Age and Access to Medications for COPD in Ontario, Canada

Disparities in COPD health outcomes have been found with older individuals, men and those of lower socioeconomic status doing worse. We sought to determine if this was due to differences in access to COPD medications. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using population health administrative data from Ontario, Canada, a province with universal prescription drug coverage for older adults. All individuals with COPD aged 67 years and older …