Il presente lavoro analizza i principali fatti caratterizzanti i comparti dei farmaci generici puri e dei branded off-patent in Italia, attraverso i dati relativi alle compravendite del 2002 (tramite il SSN e per via privata) di tutti i farmaci a base delle 10 molecole a brevetto scaduto che...

Many governments have enacted health cost-containment policies in recent years, and many are currently considering further reform alternatives to tackle growing health spending and promote efficiency in the health system, particularly in light of projections regarding future cost pressures in...

Recently, there has been increasing focus and concern regarding transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in the Papua New Guinea (PNG)-Australia cross-border region. In particular, there is growing recognition that preventing the emergence and spread of drug resistant TB is of vital importance to both...

El presente documento explica la forma de analizar el uso de los recursos públicos en el sector salud. Para ello, en este documento se analiza el Programa Estratégico "Salud Materno-Neonatal" (PSMN) y, específicamente, el presupuesto para los partos institucionales, priorizados por el Estado...

El presenta capítulo analiza el considerable aumento de las enfermedades crónicas y degenerativas en el Perú, con especial énfasis en el caso del cáncer. Se investigan sus causas y consecuencias, y se calcula la brecha que existe entre los costos económicos de prevenir, diagnosticar y...

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el equilibrio financiero del re?gimen contributivo de aseguramiento en salud, para el peri?odo 2010-2050, a partir de la construccio?n de un modelo que simula el comportamiento de afiliacio?n y financiacio?n de este re?gimen, e incorporando elementos de...

The economic crisis that started in 2008 has had a profound impact on the lives of citizens. Millions of people lost their job, saw their life-savings disappear and experienced prolonged financial hardship. The economic crisis has also led a number of OECD governments to introduce austerity...

This note considers a relatively new form of financing for social services, the "Social Impact Bond." Proponents of Social Impact Bonds argue that they present a solution to several problems in funding social services, including performance measurement and the distribution of risk. Using a...

According to Baumol (1993) health care epitomises Baumol's cost disease. Sectors that suffer from Baumol's cost disease are characterised by slow productivity growth due to a high labour coefficient. As a result, unit costs of these sectors rise inexorably if the respective wages increase with...

Dopo il rilascio dell'Autorizzazione all'Immissione in Commercio, un farmaco "H", prima di divenire concretamente disponibile in ospedale, deve completare una trafila che può differire da Regione a Regione, e addirittura, all'interno di una stessa Regione, da ASL ad ASL o da ospedale ad...