Deregulating the pharmacy market: The case of Iceland and Norway

Health Policy

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-17

  Anell, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Deregulation; Horizontal integration; Iceland; Norway; Pharmacy market; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; COMPETITION; DEREGULATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MANAGEMENT; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION; PHARMACY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 27744457330     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.01.020     Document Type: Article

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