York University researchers are aiming to improve health outcomes by studying health-care access and disease prevention with funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Antony Chum, an associate professor and the Canada Research Chair in Population Health Data Science, will lead a project that analyzes Ontario's youth pharmacare program, and assesses its impact on economic outcomes, health-care use and youth well-being. Along with co-investigators – Mathieu Poirier (York), Michel Grignon (MacMaster University) and Patricia O’Campo and Arjumand Siddiqi (University of Toronto) – Chum will study the medication needs of Ontario youth, the economic outcomes of the OHIP+ program, the consequences of the 2019 program policy change and the lived experiences of youth using the program.
