Effect of the economic recession on pharmaceutical policy and medicine sales in eight European countries

• Main Authors: Christine Leopold (Author), Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse (Author), Sabine Vogler (Author), Silvia Valkova (Author), Kees de Joncheere (Author), Hubert GM Leufkens (Author), Anita K Wagner (Author), Dennis Ross-Degnan (Author), Richard Laing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective To identify pharmaceutical policy changes during the economic recession in eight European countries and to determine whether policy measures resulted in lower sales of, and less expenditure on, pharmaceuticals. Methods Information on pharmaceutical policy changes between 2008 and 2011 in e...