Drugs and money  :  prices, affordability and cost containment  / 
Edited by M.N.G. Dukes [and four others] 
 - Amsterdam :  IOS Press,  © 2003 
 - VI, 152 pages. 
<br/><br/>Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by IOS Press -- Title page. 
<br/><br/> 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. --<br/>15. Access to medicines in low-income countries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1586033344