书目名称 | Health Care Policy and Regulation | 编辑 | Thomas A. Abbott | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | 5 care reforms. Part II: Price Regulation The second partofthis volume examines the role ofprice regulation in controlling health care costs. It contains three chapters. In chapter seven, I examine the alternatives for regulating pharmaceutical prices. In chapter eight, Jack Hadley examines the impactofvarious forms ofhospital price regulation; while in chapter nine,MarkPaulyexaminestheroleofpriceregulation incontrollingphysician fees. Chapter seven focuses on the issue of regulating pharmaceutical prices. There are two key issues examined in this paper. First, is there a clear need for price regulation, and second, can price regulation work in this industry? In response to the first question, I come to the conclusion that the proponents ofprice regulation have not really proven their case. Although the financial returns in the pharmaceu tical industry have been slightly higher than expected during the 1970s and 1980s, there is not overwhelming evidence of"price gouging" or excessive profits on the part of the industry. In response to the second question, the answer is clearly no. The traditional approaches to price regulation will not have the intended affect of eliminating exces | 出版日期 | Book 1995 | 关键词 | competition; health; health care; hospital; regulation | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2219-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4613-5932-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4615-2219-5Series ISSN 2730-7468 Series E-ISSN 2730-7476 | issn_series | 2730-7468 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995 |
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