Spending on pharmaceuticals in Italy: Macro constraints with local autonomy

Value in Health

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Mapelli, Vittorio ^a   Lucioni, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Adis International Ltd   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost containment; Drug budget; Drug pricing

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BUDGET; CENTRALIZATION; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ITALY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

BUDGETS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; HUMANS; ITALY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 0042532266     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4733.6.s1.4.x     Document Type: Review

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