Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices: Evidence from a Reference Price Reform in Denmark
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Regulation of pharmaceutical prices: evidence from a reference price reform in Denmark.
Reference price systems for prescription drugs constitute widely adopted cost containment tools. Under these regimes, patients co-pay a fraction of the difference between a drug's pharmacy retail price and a reference price that is set by the government. Reference prices are either externally (based on drug prices in other countries) or internally (based on domestic drug prices) determined. We ...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1685213