Drugs and money :
Drugs and money : prices, affordability and cost containment /
Edited by M.N.G. Dukes [and four others]
- Amsterdam : IOS Press, © 2003
- VI, 152 pages.
Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by IOS Press -- Title page.
Content: 1. Scope of the problem. -- 2. Data needed for developing and monitoring policies. -- 3. Policy options for cost containment of pharmaceuticals -- 4. Methods for monitoring and evaluating processes and outcomes. -- 5. Making use of economic evaluation. -- 6. Measures relating to use of drug subsidy lists and to regulation. -- 7. Experiences with budgets. -- 8. Experiences with reference pricing. -- 9. Experiences with patient charges. -- 10. Switching to non-prescription status. -- 11. Experiences with generics. -- 12. Experiences with pharmacy benefit management programmes in the USA. -- 13. Experiences with professional education. -- 14. Providing affordable medicines in transitional countries. --
15. Access to medicines in low-income countries.
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Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by IOS Press -- Title page.
Content: 1. Scope of the problem. -- 2. Data needed for developing and monitoring policies. -- 3. Policy options for cost containment of pharmaceuticals -- 4. Methods for monitoring and evaluating processes and outcomes. -- 5. Making use of economic evaluation. -- 6. Measures relating to use of drug subsidy lists and to regulation. -- 7. Experiences with budgets. -- 8. Experiences with reference pricing. -- 9. Experiences with patient charges. -- 10. Switching to non-prescription status. -- 11. Experiences with generics. -- 12. Experiences with pharmacy benefit management programmes in the USA. -- 13. Experiences with professional education. -- 14. Providing affordable medicines in transitional countries. --
15. Access to medicines in low-income countries.
1586033344