Why medical care costs in Japan have increased despite declining prices for pharmaceuticals

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 97-105

  Ikegami, Naoki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW DRUG;

AMBULATORY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; JAPAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0031828728     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199814001-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Danzon PM. Effects of regulation on drugs and expenditures. In: Danzon PM, editor. Pharmaceutical price regulation. Washington DC: The AEI Press, 1997
2. Ikegami N, Campbell JC. Medical care in Japan. N Engl J Med 1995; 333: 1295-9