Drug reimbursement: Indicators of inappropriate resource allocation

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 528-534

  Bégaud, Bernard ^a   Bergman, Ulf ^b   Eichler, Hans Georg ^c   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^d   Meier, Peter J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Evidence based medicine; Pharmacoeconomics; Reimbursement policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036432999     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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