Aim: In order to integrate malaria Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi) into the Ghana national immunization programme, there was the need to evaluate the feasibility of IPTi by assessing the intervention operational issues including its implementation costs, and its cost...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the brand name’s market shares in Tunisia are affected by generic competition during the pre-reform period of the Tunisian health insurance system following the methodological approach developed by Aronsson et al. (2001). In this study we use...

BACKGROUND: In 2005, the French Government implemented a new way of financing high-cost drugs for hospitals in order to promote innovation. Such drugs are gathered on a positive list, established by the Ministry of Health, with a reimbursement price cap. Hospitals still negotiate with...

Many policies are planned to face the increasing rate in health costs. In such circumstances and in order to reduce the pharmaceutical expenses, Tunisia adopted a reform of Health Insurance System. We study the effect of the introduction of reference pricing on pharmaceuticals’ price. In this...

B. Dormont entend combattre l'idée selon laquelle les dépenses de santé vont croître du fait du vieillissement de la population. L'augmentation serait due, d'après elle, aux changements de pratiques dans la consommation des soins, laquelle tient en partie aux innovations médicales, ce qui...