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Making medicines affordable a national imperative

This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Drug Therapies
Other Authors: Augustine, Norman R. (Editor), Madhavan, Guruprasad (Editor), Nass, Sharyl J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2017, [2017]©2017
Series:Consensus study report
Subjects:
United States
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility / Economics
Pharmaceutical Preparations / Economics
Drug Costs
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-150)
  • The affordability conundrum
  • Complexity in action
  • Factors influencing affordability
  • Strategies to improve affordability and availability
  • References
  • Appendices. A Dissenting View: Michael Rosenblatt and Henri Termeer
  • A Minority Perspective: Rena Conti, Stacie Dusetzina, Martha Gaines,Rebekah Gee, Victoria Hale, Peter Sands, and Alan Weil

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