The impact of cost containment reforms to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) on prescribing volumes and expenditure in Australia: 1992-2011

Objectives: To investigate the impact of cost containment measures on PBS prescribing volumes and expenditure. Methods: Segmented linear regression models were used to analyse the time series data from Medicare Australia’s PBS Statistics. Seven measures and four new listing dates of statins were inv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Kah Seng
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/836