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The Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act is modelled on previous B.C. legislation that allows the province to seek recovery of health-related tobacco and opioid damage costs.

The study of 2.2 million females between the ages of 12 and 19 found that the risk of premature death was 1.5 times higher in those who had one teen pregnancy and 2.1 times higher among those with at least two teen pregnancies.

Many of the province’s more isolated hospitals that rely on locums have been benefiting from the Temporary Locum Program, which pays them a premium.

Changes brought in with the new model could discourage family doctors in family health organizations and networks from doing emergency and hospitalist work, critics say.

The award is open to pharmacy techs who've been practising up to five years.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority said hospital security guards apprehended the 34-year-old suspect, and the woman was not hurt.

An email to Pharmacy Practice + Business did not address a question about a commitment made at the end of February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones to 'absolutely do our due diligence' to ensure the province’s MedsCheck program is being used appropriately.

Lack of mentorship, as well as disparities in socioeconomic status, tied into another key barrier identified by the participants—an overemphasis on research experience when selecting medical students for surgical residencies.