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Combination of prescribing restrictions and policies to engineer low prices to reduce reimbursement costs

Brian Godman Prescribing Research Group, University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZH, UK; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden; Institute for Pharmacological Research ‘Mario Negri’, Via Giuseppe La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy. [email protected]; Institute for Pharmacological Research ‘Mario Negri’, Via Giuseppe La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy. [email protected]
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Solveig Sakshaug Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403, Oslo, Norway; Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403, Oslo, Norway
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Christian Berg Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403, Oslo, Norway; Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N-0403, Oslo, Norway
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Björn Wettermark Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden; Medical Knowledge Centre, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden; Medical Knowledge Centre, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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Alan Haycox Prescribing Research Group, University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZH, UK; Prescribing Research Group, University of Liverpool Management School, Chatham Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZH, UK
Pages 121-129 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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Panagiotis Petrou. (2014) The power of r – pharmaceutical sales decomposition in Cyprus public healthcare sector and determinants of drug expenditure evolution: any lessons learned?. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 14:2, pages 289-300.
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Jessica Fraeyman, Guido Van Hal, Brian Godman & Philippe Beutels. (2013) The potential influence of various initiatives to improve rational prescribing for proton pump inhibitors and statins in Belgium. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 13:1, pages 141-151.
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Pieter Dylst, Arnold Vulto & Steven Simoens. (2013) Demand-side policies to encourage the use of generic medicines: an overview. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 13:1, pages 59-72.
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Anna Bucsics, Brian Godman, Thomas Burkhardt, Manuela Schmitzer & Rickard E Malmström. (2012) Influence of lifting prescribing restrictions for losartan on subsequent sartan utilization patterns in Austria: implications for other countries. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 12:6, pages 809-819.
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Vanda Markovic-Pekovic, Ranko Škrbić, Brian Godman & Lars L Gustafsson. (2012) Ongoing initiatives in the Republic of Srpska to enhance prescribing efficiency: influence and future directions. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 12:5, pages 661-671.
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Mohammed Abuelkhair, Shajahan Abdu, Brian Godman, Sahar Fahmy, Rickard E Malmström & Lars L Gustafsson. (2012) Imperative to consider multiple initiatives to maximize prescribing efficiency from generic availability: case history from Abu Dhabi. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 12:1, pages 115-124.
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Kristina Garuoliene, Brian Godman, Jolanta Gulbinovič, Björn Wettermark & Alan Haycox. (2011) European countries with small populations can obtain low prices for drugs: Lithuania as a case history. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 11:3, pages 343-349.
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