The analyses of the trends and effect factors about drug expenditure of American health institutions
- Received Date: 2009-01-04
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Key words:
- American health institutions /
- drug expenditure /
- effect factors
Abstract: Objective : To analyze the trends and effect factors of the drug expenditure in American health institutions and describe some rules. Methods :literatures about drug expenditure of pharmacies in American health system were collected and the relationship between drug expenditure and the factors was described. Results and Conclusion :The growth of the prescription drug expenditure in American health institutions has a significant decrease in the growth rate,but total drug expenditure remain a high growth.The primary factors that affect the drug expenditure are new drug's marketing and generic drugs.
Citation: | LUAN Xiao-xiao, SHU Li-xin, CHEN Sheng-xin. The analyses of the trends and effect factors about drug expenditure of American health institutions[J]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Service, 2009, 27(1): 51-53,60. |