Background We expect a difference in drug cost between private drug plans and the Public
Drug Plan (PDP) because the dispensing fee is fixed and regulated by the PDP for publicly …

Purpose To quantify prescription drug price increases over a span of 3 years (2012-2015),
as well as extrapolate current reimbursement rates expected by independent retail …

I evaluate how the probability of substitution of a prescribed drug in a pharmacy depends on
the pharmacists' profits and patients' out of pocket costs. I use Finnish population-wide data …

European policy makers have increasingly moved from primarily focusing on supply-side
regulation of pharmaceutical costs to offering incentives for providers' prescribing behavior …

Restrictive drug formularies may influence physician prescribing behavior for other patients
with more generous drug benefit, so‐called “spillover effects.” We focus on Protonix, a …

Rising costs in pharmaceutical expenditure have become a major concern for policy makers
in Germany over the last years. Therefore the pharmaceutical market in Germany has been …

Objective: To document the influence of hospital prescribers on prescribing in general
practice. Design and Participants: Five percent of members of the Irish College of General …

Background Since April 1, 2007 pharmacists in Germany are obligated by law to dispense
products from particular manufacturers with whom the health insurance funds have entered …

Background Increasing health costs in developed countries are a major concern for decision
makers. A variety of cost containment tools are used to control this trend, including maximum …

Purpose Socioeconomic factors have been suggested to influence the prescribing of newer
and more expensive drugs. In the present study, individual and health care provider factors …