cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using unique and high-frequency data on prescription drug sales and by exploiting the … this "green oil" boom risk to disregard the effective need of patients to seek effective reliefs of their symptoms …

coinsurance. For patients affected by the policy, we find that the likelihood of purchasing a 20% coinsurance drug decreases by 4 …. Patients have little incentive to shop for low-priced alternatives because they do not bear the full cost of their health care …, Switzerland introduced out-of-pocket price differentiation. As of July 1st 2011, substitutable pharmaceuticals with prices above a …

approval in relation to the perceived need for earlier access to new therapies for critically ill patients. Much less in the … news, but lurking behind both problems, is the need for better information for physicians and patients to use in making … pharmaceutical benefits plans. This article proposes an approach to both accelerated access and drug prices that would generate the …

scarce, people face difficult choices. This general concept holds true in the field of drug addiction treatment as well …. Since drug use and its consequences are associated with substantial health problems and social costs in Europe and worldwide …, health care and societal costs are central issues in the treatment of drug use. Public program administrators and clinicians …

expected costs of misdoing. Second, they may have less information on patients' prescription drug use history. Prescription … pharmacies can be attributed to drug diversion. In addition, we find that independent pharmacies' OxyContin dispensing is higher … independent pharmacies are more likely to be linked to drug diversion. First, they have stronger financial incentives due to lower …

segundo ocorrências e massa [Drug Seizures in the State of São Paulo: An In-Depth View of Drug Seizures Broken Down by Number … of Incidents and Drug Amounts], conducted by Instituto Sou da Paz to encourage a discussion about Brazil’s drug policy …. The study focuses on drug incidents in the state of São Paulo, the richest and most populous in Brazil, which accounts for …