Kostas Athanasakis

[ 1 ] - Cost-Sharing Rates Increase During Deep Recession: Preliminary Data From Greece

Background Measures taken over the past four years in Greece to reduce pharmaceutical expenditure have led to significant price reductions for medicines, but have also changed patient cost-sharing rates for prescription drugs. This study attempts to capture the resulting increase in patients’ out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses for prescription drugs during the 2011-2014 period.   Methods The authors ...

[ 2 ] - Earmarking Tobacco Taxes for Health Purposes via Median Entities