Achieving Better Value for Money in Health Care
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Achieving Better Value for Money in Health Care

Rising public health care spending remains a problem in virtually all OECD and EU member countries. As a consequence, there is growing interest in policies that will ease this pressure through improved health system performance. This report examines selected policies that may help countries better achieve the goal of improved health system efficiency and thus better value for money. Drawing on multinational data sets and case studies, it examines a range policy instruments. These include: the role of competition in health markets; the scope for improving care coordination; better pharmaceutical pricing policies; greater quality control supported by stronger information and communication technology in health care; and increased cost sharing.
Publication Date :
02 Nov 2009
DOI :
10.1787/9789264074231-en
 
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Ensuring Efficiency in Pharmaceutical Expenditures You do not have access to this content

Authors:
Elizabeth Docteur, Valérie Paris
Pages :
101–128
DOI :
10.1787/9789264074231-5-en

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This chapter examines options for ensuring good value for money in pharmaceutical expenditure, keeping in mind both the short- and the long-term view. It then discusses the scope for improvement to existing policies and emerging alternative approaches.
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