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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18597| Title: | The effects of reference pricing on ex-factory prices of Rx drugs in Germany : a panel data approach |
| Keywords: | I11 I18 ddc:330 Price elasticity temporal development fixed effects model |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | This paper examines effects of reference pricing for prescription drugs in German social health insurance based on econometric panel data methods. We analyze the effect on ex-factory prices. Moreover, we investigate whether manufacturers adapt prices of their products not subject to reference pricing as a consequence of changes in reference prices of their products subject to reference pricing.We use a large panel data set of nearly all German prescription drugs on a monthly basis between October 1994 and July 2005. Altogether, the data comprise almost 4 million observations. They provide information on ex-factory prices, reference prices, manufacturers, type of prescription drug, and market entries and exits. Our results show that there is no full price adjustment:A 1%-change in reference prices leads to a 0.3%-change in market prices. Price adjustment, however, is fast, it mostly happens in the first month. Furthermore, the first introduction of a reference price reduces market prices of the affected products by approximately 14%. Finally, we observe a significant time effect which is positive in the market without reference prices and negative in that with reference price. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18597 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18597 ppn:51635700X |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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