TY - BOOK AU - Dukes,M.N.Graham AU - Graham,M.N. AU - Joncheere,Kees de AU - Rietveld,Ad H. TI - Drugs and money: prices, affordability and cost containment SN - 1586033344 PY - 2003/// CY - Amsterdam PB - IOS Press N1 - Published on behalf of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe by IOS Press -- Title page N2 - 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 UR - https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/96446/e79122.pdf ER -