Health Policy Monitor; Pharmaceutical Price Policy - Follow Up Report

There are ongoing efforts to contain cost growth in the pharmaceutical sector. This article aims to report about the latest developments in this area especially in view of the introduction of a new system of pharmaceutical price policy in 2005. Additionally this report aims to evaluate the outcome o...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):IHS Publikation
Hauptverfasser: Bittschi, Benjamin, Hofmarcher, Maria M., Kraus, Markus
Format: Other NonPeerReviewed
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2008
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Zusammenfassung:There are ongoing efforts to contain cost growth in the pharmaceutical sector. This article aims to report about the latest developments in this area especially in view of the introduction of a new system of pharmaceutical price policy in 2005. Additionally this report aims to evaluate the outcome of these measures by looking at expenditure growth trends. It further summarizes recent developments in this area.