International Drug Regulatory Mechanisms

by Wertheimer, Albert I.; Smith, Mickey C.

• ISBN13: 9780789025494
• ISBN10: 0789025493
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-04
• Publisher: Informa HealthC

Summary

"International Drug Regulatory Mechanisms explores the environment, organization, structure, functioning, and finance of health systems and pharmaceutical markets in more than 20 different countries. Local experts describe each country's experiences with and lessons learned from the regulation of pharmaceutical products. This book will help government officials, pharmacy educators, and pharmaceutical industry leaders from around the globe identify and utilize successful methods for controlling pharmaceutical drug prices and utilization."

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Greg Perkins
Interventions to Curb Rising Pharmaceutical Costs in Iceland	1	(22)
Anna Birna Almarsdottir
Almar Grimsson
Ingunn Bjornsdottir
Canadian Public Policies and Practices Related to Drug Prices, Utilization and Expenditures	23	(32)
Ingrid Sketris
Susan Bowles
Richard Manuel
Drug Policy in the Czech Republic	55	(22)
Lenka Praznovcova
Josef Suchopar
Albert I. Wertheimer
Drug Policies and Pricing Mechanism: The Malaysian Perspective	77	(18)
Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
Salmah Bahri
Drug Pricing in South Africa-Policy and Praxis	95	(28)
Andy Gray
Thulani Matsebula
Drug Price Control in India-An Overview	123	(10)
Mansi B. Shah
Amit S. Patel
Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme and Cost Containment in Taiwan's National Health Insurance	133	(18)
Weng-Foung Huang
Hung-Chi Chiang
Rx Price Control Methods in Mexico	151	(30)
Jaime Kravzov-Jinich
Marina Altagracia-Martinez
Martha Elena Yamasaki-Lopez
Hector Salgado-Schoelly
Claudia Cardona-Carlin
Financing Pharmaceutical Care in the Dutch Health System	181	(8)
Han de Gier
Drug Pricing Policy in Hungary	189	(16)
Zoltan Vincze
Romana Zelko
Agnes Meszaros
Germany's Attempts to Control Drug Prices and Expenditures: Success or Failure?	205	(30)
Eva Susanne Dietrich
Regulating the Prices and Costs of Medicines in the United Kingdom	235	(26)
David Taylor
The Controls of Prices of Medicines in Israel	261	(8)
Avi Moshenson
Howard Rice
Pharmaceutical Services in Slovenia	269	(6)
Jurij Furst
Pricing and Reimbursement of Medicinal Products in Denmark	275	(20)
Karen Kolenda
Henrik Vestergaard
Drug Prices in Argentina	295	(12)
Marcelo J. Vernengo
Ricardo Bolanos
Drug Pricing and Reimbursement System in Turkey	307	(16)
Selen Yegenoglu
Medication Expenditure and Utilization in Morocco	323	(14)
Batoul Senhaji
Pharmaceutical Expenditure: Aspects of Cost Containment in Italy	337	(14)
Luciana Scalone
Simona de Portu
Paola Minghetti
Lorenzo G. Mantovani
Organization of Health Care Systems and Financing of Pharmaceuticals in Norway, Including Cost Containments	351	(10)
Geir Bredesen
Index	361