Pharmaceutical benefits scheme policy: confused and tough on patients
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Drug Policy Down Under: Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Australia has had a government subsidized universal system of pharmaceutical provision for 50 years. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) consumes around 14 percent of total government health care expenditures and has grown substantially in both range of drugs covered, and expenditure since it was first introduced in 1950. It incorporates patient copayments (with differentials for the gener...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1444-0903
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01050.x