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Drug expenditure of high-cost patients and their characteristics in Finland

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  • Leena Saastamoinen
  • Jouko Verho

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The skewness of the cost distribution indicates a need for more patient-specific cost-containment methods, and the high number of drugs in the high-cost group calls for exploring the possibilities of disease management and patient monitoring techniques in cost containment. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2013

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  • Leena Saastamoinen & Jouko Verho, 2013. "Drug expenditure of high-cost patients and their characteristics in Finland," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 14(3), pages 495-502, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:14:y:2013:i:3:p:495-502
    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-012-0393-8
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    1. Hovstadius, Bo & Åstrand, Bengt & Persson, Ulf & Petersson, Göran, 2011. "Acquisition cost of dispensed drugs in individuals with multiple medications--A register-based study in Sweden," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(2), pages 153-161, July.
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    2. Vivas-Consuelo, David & Usó-Talamantes, Ruth & Trillo-Mata, José Luis & Caballer-Tarazona, Maria & Barrachina-Martínez, Isabel & Buigues-Pastor, Laia, 2014. "Predictability of pharmaceutical spending in primary health services using Clinical Risk Groups," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 116(2), pages 188-195.

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    Keywords

    Drug; Pharmaceutical; Expenditure; Cost; Distribution; Medicine user; High-cost patients; Cost containment; H51; I13; I18;
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    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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