Pharmaceuticals and the Elderly: A Comparative Analysis

Deborah A. Freund, Don Willison, Grant D. Reeher (), Bernie O'Brien, Jarold Cosby and Amy Ferraro

No 17, Center for Policy Research Working Papers from Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Abstract: This paper compares and contrasts outpatient pharmaceutical policies for the elderly in seven OECD nations: Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Each country is facing an increasing financial burden due to rapidly growing numbers of elderly citizens, in number and as a percentage of population, and rising drug costs. As a result, they are struggling to balance varying levels of commitment to providing drugs for the elderly with the need to contain costs. Although each country's healthcare system is unique, the methods that each country is using to control rising pharmaceutical costs are similar. Many countries are gravitating toward the use of last-dollar rather than first-dollar coverage. All provide inpatient pharmaceutical coverage.

JEL-codes: I11 I18 J14 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2000-03
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