Pharmaceutical markets and insurance worldwide

The fields of pharmaceutical economics and health economics/policy are reaching a point of convergence. This is due to both the widespread availability of pharmaceutical treatments, accompanied by broader insurance coverage, and the regulation of prescription drugs in both private and government pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dor, Avi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald 2010
Series:Advances in health economics and health services research
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Collection: Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 7. Does prescription drug adherence reduce hospitalizations and costs? : the case of diabetes / William E. Encinosa, Didem Bernard, Avi Dor
  • ch. 8. Cost sharing, benefit design, and adherence : the case of multiple sclerosis / Avi Dor, Maureen J. Lage, Marcy L. Tarrants, Jane Castelli-Haley
  • ch. 9. Generic utilization and cost-sharing for prescription drugs / Teresa Bernard Gibson, Catherine G. McLaughlin, Dean G. Smith
  • ch. 10. Drug prices, out-of-pocket payments, and insurer costs : how do payers vary? / Jie Chen, John A. Rizzo
  • ch. 11. Adverse selection and the effect of health insurance on utilization of prescribed medicine among patients with chronic conditions / Yuriy Pylypchuk
  • ch. 12. The effect of drug vintage on survival : micro evidence from Puerto Rico's Medicaid program / Frank R. Lichtenberg
  • ch. 13. Retail pharmacy market structure and insurer-independent pharmacy bargaining in the Medicare Part D era / Yang Xie, John M. Brooks, Julie M. Urmie, William R. Doucette
  • ch. 14. Patents, innovation, and the welfare effects of Medicare Part D / Adam Gailey, Darius Lakdawalla, Neeraj Sood
  • Overview / Avi Dor
  • ch. 1. Pharmaceutical policies in European countries / Pedro Pita Barros
  • ch. 2. International experience with comparative effectiveness research : case studies from England/Wales and Germany / John F.P. Bridges, Joshua P. Cohen, Peter G. Grist, Axel C. Mühlbacher
  • ch. 3. Pharmaceutical policy in the Netherlands : from price regulation toward managed competition / Lieke H.H.M. Boonen, Stéphanie A. van der Geest, Frederik T. Schut, Marco Varkevisser
  • ch. 4. Impact of pharmaceutical regulation and policies on health system performance goals in Israel / Philip Sax, Amir Shmueli
  • ch. 5. Global budgets and provider incentives : hospitals' drug expenditures in Taiwan / Shin-Yi Chou, Mary E. Deily, Hsien-Ming Lien, Jing Hua Zhang
  • ch. 6. Medicare Part D turns four : trends in plan design, enrollment, and the impact of the program on beneficiaries / Jack Hoadley, Kosali Simon