Policymakers in countries around the world are faced with rising health care costs and are debating ways to reform health care to reduce expenditures. Estimates of price elasticity of expenditure are a key component for predicting expenditures under alternative policies. Using unique...

Orphan drugs (OD) require considerable expenditures, which causes difficulties in their market access. For several years, the price of these new therapies has often been criticized and considered as too high. However few studies about OD pricing mechanisms are available. The aim of the paper is...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with numerous cardiovascular (CV) complications. The objective of this study was to estimate the national annual burden of CV complications in patients with AF in hospitals.

To estimate the cumulative incidence and hospital cost for venous and pulmonary thromboembolic events in a real world setting in France.