Characteristics of demand for pharmaceutical products: An examination of four cephalosporins

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 426-446

  Ellison, Sara Fisher ^a   Cockburn, Iain ^a   Griliches, Zvi ^a   Hausman, Jerry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DRUG; GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG COSTS; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031221392     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2556023     Document Type: Article

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