Introduction: Medicines have made an appreciable contribution to improving patient care in
recent years. However, European and other countries are increasingly struggling to fund …

INTRODUCTION: Reforms have been introduced across Europe to increase prescribing
efficiency with existing drugs. These include measures to lower prices of generics as well as …

Aim: the aim of this article was to evaluate the influence of different demand-side measures
to enhance the prescribing of generics in ambulatory care based on cross-national …

Getting the most out of the pharmaceutical budget is critical across all countries as the
financial pressures on healthcare systems intensify. In this paper, we review global practice …

Study Objectives: Firstly to review successful case histories from different countries, and
secondly, raise awareness about potential pitfalls that could undermine the success of future …

Pharmaceutical expenditures in ambulatory care rose rapidly in Europe in the 1990s and
early 2000s. This was typically faster than other components of healthcare spending …

Of all the activities that take place in general practice, prescribing has the greatest potential
to produce health benefits or to cause harm. Therefore, indicators of appropriateness of …

Pressure to control pharmaceutical expenditure and price competition among
pharmaceutical companies are fuelling the development of generic medicines markets in …

The unsustainable growth in pharmaceutical expenditure has resulted in multiple initiatives
across Europe to lower prices of generics and enhance their utilisation. These include …

Objective. To study trends and variation in adherence to the main national formulary for the
20 most prevalent health problems in Dutch general practice over a 5-year period (2003 …