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Behavioral responses to supply-side drug policy during the opioid epidemic
Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2022
We investigate behavioral responses to a staggered disruption in the supply of prescription opioids across U.S. states: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs curtail the proliferation of prescription opioids....
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Behavioral responses to supply-side drug policy during the opioid epidemic
Balestra, Simone; Liebert, Helge; Maestas, Nicole; … - 2022
We investigate behavioral responses to a staggered disruption in the supply of prescription opioids across U.S. states: the introduction of electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). Using administrative datasets, we find PDMPs curtail the proliferation of prescription opioids....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184104
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Extra costs of integrity : pharmacy markups and generic substitution in Finland
Izhak, Olena - 2019
I evaluate how the probability of substitution of a prescribed drug in a pharmacy depends on the pharmacists' profits and patients' out of pocket costs. I use Finnish population-wide data covering all prescriptions of three popular antidepressants. I find that one euro increase in the total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011954334
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To charge or not to charge : evidence from a health products experiment in Uganda
Fischer, Greg; Karlan, Dean; McConnell, Margaret Mary; … - 2014
Pricing policy for any experience good faces a key tradeoff. On one hand, a price reduction increases immediate demand … and hence more people learn about the product. On the other hand, lower prices may serve as price anchors and, through a … price anchors: future demand is lower after a free distribution than after a distribution at market prices. …
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Mergers when prices are negotiated : evidence from the hospital industry
Gowrisankaran, Gautam; Nevo, Aviv; Town, Robert J. - 2013
prices. Remedies based on separate bargaining do not alleviate the price increases. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233156
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The effect of higher out-of-pocket payments on drug prices and demand
Loetscher, Fabienne; Schmid, Christian; Gerfin, Michael - 2024
Health care markets often lack a market force because the presence of health insurance undermines price signals …, Switzerland introduced out-of-pocket price differentiation. As of July 1st 2011, substitutable pharmaceuticals with prices above a … predefined threshold were subject to 20% coinsurance instead of the regular 10% coinsurance rate. Using comprehensive price data …
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Active ingredients : exploring the key factors affecting the rising cost of developing new drugs
Fossett, Sarah J.; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2017
What makes prescription drugs cost so much? The media and Congress say it is corporate greed, while pharmaceutical firms blame federal regulations and an expensive drug development process. This study focuses on R & D (R&D) expenditures at global pharmaceutical firms and explores the driving...
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A kink that makes you sick : the incentive effect of sick pay on absence
Böckerman, Petri; Kanninen, Ohto; Suoniemi, Ilpo - 2014
This paper examines the effect of the replacement rule of the Finnish sickness insurance system on the duration of sickness absence. A pre-determined, piecewise linear policy rule in which the replacement rate is determined by past earnings allows identification of the effect using a regression...
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The impacts of paid family leave benefits : regression kink evidence from California administrative data
Bana, Sarah; Bedard, Kelly; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2018
Although the United States provides unpaid maternity and family leave to qualifying workers, it is the only OECD country without a national paid leave policy, making wage replacement a pivotal issue under debate. We use ten years of linked administrative data from California together with a...
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Differential effects by mental health status of filling the Medicare part d coverage gap
Liu, Judith; Zhang, Yuting; Kaplan, Cameron - 2020
−20%), and decreased generic drug utilization for all groups (2−4%). Conclusions: Patients’ responses to price changes vary …
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