The generic drug market in Japan: Will it finally take off?

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-389

  Iizuka, Toshiaki ^a   Kubo, Kensuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JAPAN; PATENT; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; JAPAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 79960112742     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000332     Document Type: Article

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