Adverse pharmaceutical payment incentives and providers' behaviour: The emergence of GP-owned gateway pharmacies in Taiwan

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 427-435

  Lee, Yue Chune ^a,c   Huang, Kuang Hua ^b   Huang, Yu Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dispensing policy; Drug prescribing; Gateway pharmacy; National health insurance; Pharmaceutical costs; Provider payment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TAIWAN;

EID: 36248945209     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm035     Document Type: Article

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