Pharmaceutical Costs : An International Comparison of Government Policies.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs.

Australia.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews how pharmaceutical prices are currently determined for Medicare under P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which includes a "noninterference" provision preventing the Federal Government from being a third party in drug price negotiations. Discusses policies used by the Canadian, Australian, and European governments to determine the price of drugs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Pharmaceutical Costs

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.