Pharmaceuticals: Private prescription

The Partnership Prescription : Access to HIV / AIDS - related Pharmaceuticals and Global Public - Private Partnerships 1

This paper provides a preliminary examination of the operational and normative issues, prospects and challenges of global public-private partnerships in enhancing access to HIV/AIDS-related pharmaceuticals in low and middle income countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. It investigates two public-private partnerships in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and related illnesses and conditions. Global ...

Demographics and the Cost of Pharmaceuticals in a Private Third-Party Prescription Program

New Zealand consumers’ perceptions of private insurance for pharmaceuticals

Private insurance plays a minor role in paying for pharmaceuticals in New Zealand, despite controversy about access through the public health system. The present study examines New Zealand consumers' perceptions of private insurance for pharmaceuticals. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 433 consumers at thirty pharmacies. The questionnaire included 18 questions on demographics,...

Prescription for Change a Survey of Pharmaceuticals 1 Prescription for Change a List of Sources Can Be Found Online

The pharmaceutical industry is ailing. Shereen El Feki takes its pulse and predicts a partial recovery On the face of it, Big Pharma rms are in a business to die for. Populations in rich countriessand increasingly developing ones toooare getting older, and many people suer from chronic conditions. Global drug sales have almost doubled since 1997, and will rise to more than $700 billion by 2008....

Positive Spillovers and Free Riding in Advertising of Prescription Pharmaceuticals: The Case of Antidepressants

Television advertising of prescription drugs is controversial, and it remains illegal in all but two countries. Much of the opposition stems from concerns that advertising directly to consumers may inefficiently distort prescribing patterns toward the advertised product. Despite the controversy surrounding the practice, its effects are not well understood. Exploiting a discontinuity in advertis...