Background There is considerable interest in the effectiveness of financial incentives in the
delivery of health care. Incentives may be used in an attempt to increase the use of evidence …

Generic drugs have a key role to play in the efficient allocation of financial resources for
pharmaceutical medicines. Policies implemented in the countries with a high rate of generic …

This new edition examines the economics of health care systems in a non-technical manner.
It is written in a highly accessible manner for economists and non-economists alike. It is very …

In recent years health insurers have placed a great deal of emphasis on the ability of generic
medicines to deliver significant savings to overstretched health care budgets due to their …

A generic medicine is a faithful copy of a mature drug—no longer under patent—marketed
with the chemical name of the active ingredient. This article analyses generics markets in …

Background The proportion of total healthcare expenditures spent on drugs has continued to
grow in countries of all income categories. Policy‐makers are under pressure to control …

This paper examines recent developments in primary care prescribing as potential
challenges to the dominance of medicine. These developments, as possible forces for the …

Objective The objective of this paper was to undertake a narrative review of the literature
regarding strategies and interventions promoting the acceptance and uptake of generic …

With prescribing expenditure rising and evidence of prescribing costs variation, general
practitioners (GPs) in the UK are under increasing pressure to contain spending. The …

The aims of this study were to investigate factors affecting generic medicine prescribing
among general practitioners (GPs) in Melbourne, Australia. A qualitative approach was …