PHARMACEUTICAL EXPENDITURE COMPARED ACROSS COUNTRIES

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C. van Mosseveld

Keywords

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), expenditure, international

Abstract

Pharmaceutical expenditures for 20 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) are discussed and the appropriateness of making comparisons amongst these countries is addressed. This is a summary of a lecture presented at the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology in 2004.

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