Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4826
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Publication type: Journal Article
Openshaw MS.
The economics of prescription drug prices, government intervention, and the importation of drugs from Canada.
Nurs Econ 2005 Nov-Dec; 23:(6):307-11,
Abstract:
Popular attention has focused on the skyrocketing health care costs in the United States and specifically on increasing insurance and prescription drug prices. Individuals and some local governments have advocated importing price-controlled prescription drugs from Canada to help ease the financial burden. What effects would this have on consumer prices, drug companies’ incentives, and the development of new medications?
Keywords:
Canada
Commerce/economics
Cost Control
Decision Support Techniques
Drug Costs/statistics & numerical data*
Drug Industry/organization & administration
Drug and Narcotic Control/organization & administration*
Drugs, Generic/economics
Government Regulation*
Health Expenditures/statistics & numerical data
Humans
Internationality*
Marketing of Health Services/organization & administration
Models, Econometric
Motivation
National Health Programs/economics
Patents
Pharmacies/organization & administration
Power (Psychology)
Prescriptions, Drug/economics*
Professional Autonomy
Rate Setting and Review/organization & administration
United States
