Can income-based co-payment rates improve disparity? The case of the choice between brand-name and generic drugs

• Main Authors: Yuki Ito (Author), Konan Hara (Author), Byung-Kwang Yoo (Author), Jun Tomio (Author), Yasuki Kobayashi (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Higher income population tend to prefer brand-name to generic drugs, which may cause disparity in access to brand-name drugs among income groups. A potential policy that can resolve such disparity is imposing a greater co-payment rate on high-income enrollees. However, the effect...