Health Policy Monitor, Pharmaceutical Price Policy

The two main reasons for a future cost increase in the pharmaceutical sector in Austria are the demographic development and medical progress.In order to contain cost increases the policy purses two objectives: Introduction of a new price formation procedure and increased generic consumption to 20% o...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):IHS Publikation
Hauptverfasser: Hofmarcher, Maria M., Röhrling, Gerald
Format: Discussion/ Working Paper NonPeerReviewed
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2003
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Zusammenfassung:The two main reasons for a future cost increase in the pharmaceutical sector in Austria are the demographic development and medical progress.In order to contain cost increases the policy purses two objectives: Introduction of a new price formation procedure and increased generic consumption to 20% of all prescribed drugs by 2006.