Pharmaceutical reform : : a guide to improving performance and equity / / Marc J. Roberts and Michael R. Reich

• Autore: Roberts Marc J
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011
• Descrizione fisica: xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 615.1
• Soggetto topico: Pharmaceutical policy; Pharmaceutical industry; Health care reform
• Altri autori: ReichMichael <1950->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Using the flagship framework to reform pharmaceutical policy -- Introduction to the pharmaceutical sector -- Ethics and priority setting in pharmaceutical reform -- Diagnosing performance problems and developing a policy response -- Managing the politics of pharmaceutical policy reform -- Financing the pharmaceutical sector -- Paying for pharmaceuticals -- Organizing the public sector to improve pharmaceutical performance -- Improving pharmaceutical performance through regulation -- Using persuasion to influence pharmaceutical use -- Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book applies an established analytical framework for health sector reform (Getting Health Reform Right, Oxford, 2004) to the performance problems of the pharmaceutical sector. The book is divided into three sections. The first section presents the basic ideas for analysis. It begins by insisting that reform start with a clear understanding of the performance deficiencies of the current system. Like all priority setting in the public sector, this 'definition of the problem' involves both ethical choices and political processes. Early chapters explain the foundations of these ideas and appl
• Titolo autorizzato: Pharmaceutical reform
• ISBN: 1-283-29262-9; 9786613292629; 0-8213-8771-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781629603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.