Item (base case) | Base estimate | Reference |
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Pharmacy prescribing | ||
 Number of pharmacy consultations in 2014 | 10,739 | SK health department consultation data |
 Pharmacists minor ailment consultation fee (Can$) | 18 | SK health department consultation data |
 Average cost per prescription for minor ailment (Can$) | 30.20a | SK health department consultation data |
 Prescription payments by the Saskatchewan (SK) government (%) | 0.46 | National health expenditure database 2013 |
 Average cost of OTCs (Can$) | 12 | Expert opinion |
 Number of pharmacists trained | 1484 | CPDPPb |
 Training costs per pharmacists (Can$) | 210 | CPDPP |
 Training costs per pharmacists (Can$)-online | 156.7 | CPDPP |
 Annual training cost (Can$) | 61,212 | Calculated |
 The wait-time and duration of a pharmacy consultation (hour) | 0.28 | [24] |
 Average distance to pharmacy (km) | 1.6 | [39] |
 Cost per km drive (Can$) | 0.123 | Calculated |
 The value of an individual’s time per hour(Can$) | 24.96 | Statistics Canada [25] |
 The value of an individual’s time per working day (Can$) | 199.68 | Statistics Canada [25] |
Alternative scenarios | ||
 PPMA program users who would have gone to bought OTC | 43% | SK minor conditions survey |
 PPMA program users who would have gone to the GP | 35% | SK minor conditions survey |
 PPMA program users who would have gone to the ER | 03% | SK minor conditions survey |
 Cost of GP visit (Can$) | 66.4 | [22] |
 Cost of ER visit (Can$) | 138 | [23] |
 The wait time and duration of a GP consultation (hour) | 1.75 | Expert opinion |
 The wait time and duration of a ER visit (hour) | 4.6 | [38] |
 Average distance to GP (km) | 3.2 | [39] |
 Average distance to ER (km) | 24.8 | [39] |