id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_65jszt6plbfc3j47pcixap6yl4 FKO Kristensen PHP23 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCING, PRICING AND REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEMS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES 2005 1 .pdf application/pdf 1036 80 46 PHP23 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCING, PRICING AND REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEMS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES OBJECTIVES: To elicit similarities and differences in the policies and practices for financing, pricing and reimbursing prescription drugs in the often perceived similar Nordic countries Nordic countries all have a national health care system financed To give a systematic overview of the current state of the European pharmaceutical market as a whole. CONCLUSIONS: The future of the actors in the European pharmaceutical market is not clear. conditions and assesses related health service use and costs in the Individuals were classified as having a chronic condition in 2000, and we examined pharmacy and hospital use/costs RESULTS: We identified five highly prevalent chronic conditions: cardiovascular diseases (N = 824,190, 20.8% of the population); rheumatologic CONCLUSIONS: Interestingly, one-fourth of the population with selected chronic conditions accounted for large proportions of cost and use of health ./cache/work_65jszt6plbfc3j47pcixap6yl4.pdf ./txt/work_65jszt6plbfc3j47pcixap6yl4.txt