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Price and productivity measurement in a pharmaceutical sector sub-market : the real cost of treating hypertension Morgan, Steve

Abstract

This study investigates potential information problems in pharmaceutical price and productivity measurement in the sub-market pertaining to drugs used in the treatment of hypertension. Pharmacological treatment of hypertension offers a particularly clear illustration of the distinction between scientific information, which might be considered measurable and socially valuable, and the unmeasurable influences (or “information”) affecting doctors preferences for certain drugs. This treatment category is relatively old and well studied. It is also of enormous importance given the incidence of hypertension and the steadily growing expenditures on drugs to treat it.

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Title
Price and productivity measurement in a pharmaceutical sector sub-market : the real cost of treating hypertension
Alternate Title
HPRU 01:12W
Creator
Morgan, Steve
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued
2001-11
Description
This study investigates potential information problems in pharmaceutical price and productivity measurement in the sub-market pertaining to drugs used in the treatment of hypertension. Pharmacological treatment of hypertension offers a particularly clear illustration of the distinction between scientific information, which might be considered measurable and socially valuable, and the unmeasurable influences (or “information”) affecting doctors preferences for certain drugs. This treatment category is relatively old and well studied. It is also of enormous importance given the incidence of hypertension and the steadily growing expenditures on drugs to treat it.
Subject
Hypertension -- drug therapy -- British Columbia; Hypertension -- economics -- British Columbia; Antihypertensive Agents -- economics -- British Columbia
Genre
Working Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2014-08-26
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0048261
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50233
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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