Public Financing Of Pharmaceuticals An Economic Approach

This book provides a complete approach to the economics of financing medicines and policy implications for the efficiency and equity of health systems. The initial chapters seek to answer questions about the efficiency with which the public sector intervenes in the pharmaceutical industry: Is the present system of drug patents efficient and fair? What would be the best way to control drug prices? Is it possible to encourage competition in this market for the patient's benefit? The remainder of the book provides evidence on the impact of instruments and policies aimed at rationalizing and controlling pharmaceutical expenditure: What can we expect from the application of reference pricing systems? When, how and where should the user be made to share the cost of medicines? What economic and non-economic incentives should be applied to drug prescription?Puig-Junoy, Jaume is the author of 'Public Financing Of Pharmaceuticals An Economic Approach', published 2005 under ISBN 9781845420888 and ISBN 1845420888.