UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF A COST-CONTAINMENT POLICY - RESULTS OF A NATURAL EXPERIMENT IN GERMANY

Authors
SCHOFFSKI O VONDERSCHULENBURG JMG
Citation
O. Schoffski et Jmg. Vonderschulenburg, UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF A COST-CONTAINMENT POLICY - RESULTS OF A NATURAL EXPERIMENT IN GERMANY, Social science & medicine, 45(10), 1997, pp. 1537-1539
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Biomedical","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Social science & medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02779536
Volume
45
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1537 - 1539
Database
ISI
SICI code
0277-9536(1997)45:10<1537:UEOACP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
In this paper empirical evidence for substitution processes caused by the budget for drugs prescribed by office-based physicians is provided . Due to substitution processes in a natural experiment the number of referrals and hospital admissions increased significantly after the in troduction of a drug budget in Germany. This leads to additional direc t and indirect cost for the health care system. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scie nce Ltd.