Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs ?
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- Carolina Lopez & Anja Sautmann & Simone Schaner, 2022. "Does Patient Demand Contribute to the Overuse of Prescription Drugs?," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 14(1), pages 225-260, January.
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Keywords
Communicable Diseases; Cholera; Malaria; Leprosy; Health Care Services Industry; Taxation&Subsidies; Pharmaceuticals Industry; Health Service Management and Delivery;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2022-11-14 (Experimental Economics)
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