What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries
<p>Abstract</p> <p>As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of literature has examined the relationship between prescription cha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-05-01
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| Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/7/1/12 |