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expenditures in Sweden are due to its low public prices, rather than to low levels of consumption. Sweden introduced a new pricing … and reimbursement scheme in 2002. Its main features are the use of cost-effectiveness analysis for determining the … reimbursement status of new pharmaceuticals and mandatory substitution of the lowest-cost generic alternative. The use of cost …
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This paper examines aspects of the policy environment and market characteristics of the Swiss pharmaceutical sector, and assesses the degree to which Switzerland has achieved certain policy goals. In Switzerland, pharmaceutical spending has not been growing faster than health expenditure as a...
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This paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, considering them in the …
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This paper examines aspects of the policy environment and market characteristics of Mexico's pharmaceutical sector, and assesses the degree to which Mexico has achieved certain policy goals. This paper questions the effectiveness of the maximum price regulation. It notes that retail prices for...
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the value and subsequent reimbursement of new and existing drugs, as well as reforms to obtain low prices for generic …
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Sweden has experienced a national value-based pricing (VBP) system for innovative outpatient drugs operated by the … character of a monopoly system, leading to reimbursement decisions where usage of new medicines is limited to subgroups and not … system. The aim of this article is to suggest a modification to the current reimbursement system in Sweden where payment for …
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costly orphan drugs because access depends primarily on co-payments, reimbursement policies and prices. The objective of this … markets: Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and the US …
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introduction of reference pricing (RP) policies in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We …
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