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Título: | Margins and market shares : pharmacy incentives for generic substitution |
Autor(es): | Brekke, Kurt R. Holmås, Tor Helge Straume, Odd Rune |
Palavras-chave: | Pharmaceuticals Pharmacies Generic substitution |
Data: | 2010 |
Editora: | Universidade do Minho. Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE) |
Citação: | “NIPE - Working Paper Series”. 20 (2010) 1-39. |
Resumo(s): | We study the impact of product margins on pharmacies. incentive to promote generics instead of brand-names. First, we construct a theoretical model where phar-macies can persuade patients with a brand-name prescription to purchase a generic version instead. We show that pharmacies.substitution incentives are determined by relative margins and relative patient copayments. Second, we exploit a unique product level panel data set, which contains information on sales and prices at both producer and retail level. In the empirical analysis, we .nd a strong relationship between the margins of brand-names and generics and their market shares. In terms of policy implications, our results suggest that pharmacy incentives are crucial for promoting generic sales. |
Tipo: | Documento de trabalho |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/11699 |
Arbitragem científica: | no |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | NIPE - Documentos de Trabalho |
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