WHY DOES ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUG EXPENDITURE INCREASE? A DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS ON CHINA DATA

Author(s)

Liu X, Wu J, Yue N
Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

OBJECTIVES: China spent approximately $150 billion US dollars on prescription drugs in 2010, accounting for 47% of its annual health expenditures, which has attracted worldwide attention. To investigate the causes of rising drug spending in China, we decomposed drug expenditures to document reasons for this event. METHODS: Records of

Conference/Value in Health Info

2014-09, ISPOR Asia Pacific 2014, Beijing, China

Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)

Code

HC4

Topic

Economic Evaluation, Health Service Delivery & Process of Care

Topic Subcategory

Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies, Hospital and Clinical Practices

Disease

Multiple Diseases

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