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