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International Journal for Equity in Health
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health 1/2008

Open Access 01-12-2008 | Research

What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries

Authors: Marin C Gemmill, Sarah Thomson, Elias Mossialos

Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of literature has examined the relationship between prescription charges and outcomes such as expenditure, use, and health, but few reviews explicitly link cost sharing for prescription drugs to efficiency and equity. This article reviews 173 studies from 15 high-income countries and discusses their implications for important issues sometimes ignored in the literature; in particular, the extent to which prescription charges contain health care costs and enhance efficiency without lowering equity of access to care.
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Metadata
Title
What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries
Authors
Marin C Gemmill
Sarah Thomson
Elias Mossialos
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
International Journal for Equity in Health / Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-7-12

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