How much do we spend on prescription medicines?: Out-of-pocket costs for patients in Australia and other OECD countries

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How much do we spend on prescription medicines?: Out-of-pocket costs for patients in Australia and other OECD countries

Objectives: To determine changes in out-of-pocket expenditure on prescription medicines for Australian patients, and how patient expenditure compares with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Methods: We examined out-of-pocket expenditure on prescription me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kemp, A., Preen, D., Glover, J., Semmens, James, Roughead, E.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	CSIRO Publishing 2011
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44723

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