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Pharmaceutical policy in the Netherlands: from price regulation towards managed competition
Lieke H H M Boonen1, Stéphanie A van der Geest, Frederik T Schut
1Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Purpose:
To analyse the development of pharmaceutical policy in the Dutch market for outpatient prescription drugs since the early 1990s.
Methodology:
A literature review and document analysis is performed to examine the effects of pharmaceutical policy on the performance of the Dutch market for outpatient prescription drugs since the early 1990s.
Findings:
Government efforts to control prices of pharmaceuticals were effective in constraining prices of in-patent drugs, but had an opposite effect on the prices of generic drugs. The gradual transition towards managed competition--that particularly gained momentum after the introduction of the new universal health insurance scheme in 2006--appears to be more effective in constraining prices of generic drugs than earlier government efforts to control these prices.
Originality:
Comparative analysis of the impact of price regulation and managed competition on generic drug prices in the Netherlands.
Implications:
Implications of the changing role of health insurers are discussed for the future market for prescription drugs and role of pharmacies in the Netherlands.
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