Prescription Drugs: Oversight of Drug Pricing in Federal Programs
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 2007
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ISBN : 9781422313558
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 2007
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ISBN : 9781422313558
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
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Page : 342 pages
File Size : 14,72 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Law
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Author : United States. Congressional Budget Office
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Page : 11 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Medicaid
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Contains answers to questions posed by the Chairmen of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and House Committee on Energy and Commerce about the Medicaid prescription drug rebate program.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Page : 620 pages
File Size : 32,21 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
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Page : 74 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Medicaid
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309468086
Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.
Author : United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General
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Page : pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Drugs
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
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ISBN : 9781422313602
Author : United States. Social and Rehabilitation Service
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Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,46 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Medicaid
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