australian drug spending cuts criticised

PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 360 - 27 Apr 2002 ■ Australian federal government plans to stem prescription drug costs by providing financial incentives to physicians’ groups for choosing less costly generic drugs and prescribing fewer drugs have been criticised by the Australian Medical Association, reports the BMJ. The pilot programme, will allocate 50% of the savings obtained from reduced drug prescribing under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to general practice divisions. Costs associated with running the PBS are rising and currently total more than $US2.2 billion per year, but are expected to decrease as a result of the government’s new programme. Zinn C. Plan to cut drug spending attacked by doctors. BMJ 324: 937, 20 Apr 2002 800896861 1 PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 27 Apr 2002 No. 360 1173-5503/10/0360-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved

Upload: carlene

Post on 23-Dec-2016

213 views

Category:

Documents

0 download

Report

Download

Embed Size (px):

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Australian drug spending cuts criticised

PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 360 - 27 Apr 2002

■ Australian federal government plans to stemprescription drug costs by providing financialincentives to physicians’ groups for choosing lesscostly generic drugs and prescribing fewer drugs havebeen criticised by the Australian Medical Association,reports the BMJ. The pilot programme, will allocate50% of the savings obtained from reduced drugprescribing under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme(PBS) to general practice divisions. Costs associatedwith running the PBS are rising and currently totalmore than $US2.2 billion per year, but are expected todecrease as a result of the government’s newprogramme.Zinn C. Plan to cut drug spending attacked by doctors. BMJ 324: 937, 20 Apr2002 800896861

Government Spending or Tax Cuts for Education in …Government Spending or Tax Cuts for Education in Taylor County, Texas Ian Shepherd Abilene Christian University Dee Ann Shepherd

7. Options for further departmental spending cutsreal wage freeze between 2015- --16 and 201920 would imply cuts to government - --employment of around 750,000 if departmental spending

The impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research · PDF fileThe impact of spending cuts on science and scientific research 3 Summary The pressure to be seen to be making

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2018-19 Outline proposals · are still facing the very real prospect of further spending cuts to come from the UK Government – £3.5bn of cuts to public

School Spending Cuts by District

The Perfect Storm: Economic stagnation, the rising cost of living, public spending cuts, and the impact on UK poverty

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT, 2011112 Trade and Development Report, 2011 have to be met by cuts in other public spending. Such cuts are likely to have adverse effects on economic development

lttlore spending cuts, layoffs in oilpfidfi...lttlore spending cuts, layoffs in oilpfidfi Several firms shutting in production in attempt to ride out plurrg" in price GEOFFREY MORGAN

FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND CONTINUED SE · 2015. 4. 24. · 3 -FY 2016 Analytical Perspectives -Obama to Propose Spending $74B more in 2016 than Mandatory Spending Cuts -House Interior

Household Spending Intentions Series. · a sign that interest rate cuts are less effective – consumers interpret rate ... the vagaries of the economic cycle. Home Buying Spending

Cuts, cuts, cuts – the issues

Impact of military spending cuts FINAL - Brookings€.1 Ivo Daalder, ... constraints might force it at least to review . ... The impact of military spending cuts on