- Additional Authors
- Docteur, Elizabeth.
- Description
- 91 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- This paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, considering them in the context of the broader policy and market environment in which they operate, and investigating their role in contributing to Canada's achievements in meeting a range of objectives relating to the pharmaceutical policy. The federal government regulates prices of patented pharmaceutical products with the objective of protecting consumers against excessive prices. Regulation has very likely been responsible for bringing Canada's prices for patented medicines roughly in line with European comparators. Prices of generic products, which are not regulated, are relatively high although high...
- Series Statement
- OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.24
- Uniform Title
- OECD Health Working Papers, no.24.
- Subject
- LCCN
- 10.1787/346071162287
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
Paris, Valérie.
- Title
Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada [electronic resource] / Valérie Paris and Elizabeth Docteur
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2006.
- Series
OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.24
OECD Health Working Papers, 1815-2015 ; no.24.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
Canada
- Added Author
Docteur, Elizabeth.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/346071162287 doi