With the changes that we saw in the Alberta health care system, patients who wished to have this therapy at home and were often forced to have this therapy at home found themselves paying 25 per cent of the cost of equipment and supplies as well as 100 per cent of the drug costs up to a deductible of $5,000, or they could try to find someone to drive them to the local emergency department two to four times per day.
Avec les changements apportés au système de soins de santé de l'Alberta, les patients qui souhaitaient recevoir ce traitement à domicile et qui souvent y étaient forcés, de par leur condition, ont dû payer 25 p. 100 du coût des appareils et des instruments, ainsi que 100 p. 100 du médicament jusqu'à concurrence d'une franchise de 5 000 $.
