Economic Impacts of the Generic Drug User Fee Act Fee Structure

Prescription Drug User Fee Act Patient-Focused Drug Development Initiative Commentary

We are submitting commentary on behalf of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, also known as FORCE, which represents nearly a million people living with a BRCA genetic mutation in the U.S. We are also representing populations affected by Lynch Syndrome, Cowden Syndrome, Fanconi Anemia, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Li Fraumeni, and other hereditary cancer communities. Altogether, it is estimated that ...

A Theory of User-fee Competition

We develop a two-region model where the decentralized provision of spillover goods can be financed by means of taxes or user fees. In order to enforce the fees regions have to invest in exclusion. We show that a decentralized solution tends to be inefficient. There will be over-investment in exclusion and an underprovision of the spillover goods compared to a centralized solution. In addition t...

Acute care service utilisation and the possible impacts of a user-fee policy in Hong Kong

Objectives. To examine the utilisation pattern of accident and emergency services and to study the possible impact of a user-fee policy on non-emergency attendances in Hong Kong. Design. Retrospective study. Methods. Four different scenarios are postulated to examine the impact on the number of accident and emergency attendances of a user-fee policy from 2000 to 2029. Patient volume data of acc...

Acute care service utilisation and the possible impacts of a user-fee policy in Hong Kong.

OBJECTIVES To examine the utilisation pattern of accident and emergency services and to study the possible impact of a user-fee policy on non-emergency attendances in Hong Kong. DESIGN Retrospective study. METHODS Four different scenarios are postulated to examine the impact on the number of accident and emergency attendances of a user-fee policy from 2000 to 2029. Patient volume data of ac...

Acute care service utilisation and the possible impacts of a user-fee policy in Hong Kong