Not a good buy: Value for money of prescription drugs sold on the Internet

Rosella Levaggi, Claudio Marcantoni, Laura Filippucci and Umberto Gelatti

Health Policy, 2012, vol. 106, issue 3, 241-245

Abstract: In this note we study the value for money of purchases of fluoxetine made through on-line pharmacies without prescription. We show that this channel is not good value from an economic point of view and that it can be dangerous in medical terms because of the poor quality of the drugs received and the lack of prescribing instructions.

Keywords: On-line pharmacies; Fluoxetine; Quality; Price (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.05.003

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