کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
961995 929979 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Financial incentives and physicians' prescription decisions on the choice between brand-name and generic drugs: Evidence from Taiwan
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
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Financial incentives and physicians' prescription decisions on the choice between brand-name and generic drugs: Evidence from Taiwan
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper tests the hypothesis of whether or not financial incentives affect a physician's prescription decision on the choice of generic versus brand-name drugs within a system in which physicians prescribe and dispense drugs. By using data obtained from Taiwan and focusing on diabetic patients, our empirical results provide several consistent findings in support of the hypothesis that profit incentives do affect the physician's prescribing decision, suggesting that physicians act as imperfect agents. An important implication of our findings is that rent seeking for profit margin between the reimbursement and the acquisition price instead of reducing costs is the major driving force behind generic substitution. As a result, the providers instead of the payers or consumers reap the financial benefits of generic substitution.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 28, Issue 2, March 2009, Pages 341-349
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