Undermining value-based purchasing - Lessons from the pharmaceutical industry

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2013-2015

  Dafny, Leemore S ^a,b   Ody, Christopher J ^c   Schmitt, Matthew A ^d  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; COST; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; FEE; PURCHASING;

COST SHARING; DRUG COSTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION FEES; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84996588033     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1607378     Document Type: Short Survey

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