What if: A sliding scale were used to reimburse generic drugs to effectively drive down prices?

The policy option presented here was chosen to stimulate discussion, but is only one of several options examined by the author in the report "Managing Pharmaceutical Expenditure: An Overview and Options for Canada".
Presenter and author: Aidan Hollis, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
This is one in a series that puts forward tangible policy options for addressing the sustainability of Canada's healthcare. The series presents possibilities and opportunities for improving efficiency and providing additional revenue.
On July 10, 2011, these options were presented to an international audience gathered in Toronto for the annual iHEA conference. They were selected by the presenters themselves, who are also authors of knowledge syntheses about healthcare financing that were commissioned by CHSRF (many other options are presented in their syntheses, which you will also find here).
More at www.chsrf.ca

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• CHSRF
• healthcare financing
• policy options
• iHEA
• health economics
• Aidan Hollis