Copayments and the Demand for Prescription Drugs

ISBN-13: 9780415648950 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Domenico Esposito

Opis

The increasing proliferation of copayments is one of the most striking developments in the health sector of the past few years. This study examines the influence of copayments imposed by insurers on the choice of drugs with the implication that physicians are acting in patients' financial as well as medical interest.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Literature on the Demand for Prescription Drugs 3. Coronary Heart Disease and Statins 4. Economic Differentiation of Statins 5. The Structure of Demand for Prescription Drugs 6. The Economics of Drug Demand 7. Econometric Specification of Prescription Drug Choice 8. Data 9. Descriptive Statistics 10. Multivariate Regression Results 11. Multivariate Sensitivity Analyses 12. Extensions 13. Policy Implications and Conclusions

O autorze

Domenico Esposito