The impact of repeated cost containment policies on pharmaceutical expenditure: experience in Spain
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Keywords
Pharmaceutical expenditure; Pharmaceutical policy; Cost containment measures; Time series; H51; I18;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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