Does the Identity of the Third-Party Payer Matter for Prescribing Doctors?
TNF-alpha inhibitors represent one of the most important areas of biopharmaceuticals by sales, with three blockbusters accounting for 8 per cent of total pharmaceutical sale in Norway. Novelty of the paper is to examine, with the use of a unique natural policy experiment in Norway, to what extent the price responsiveness of prescription choices is affected when the identity of the third-party payer changes. The three dominating drugs in this market, Enbrel, Remicade, and Humira, are substitutes, but have had different and varying funding schemes - hospitals and the national insurance plan. A stochastic structural model for the three drugs, covering demand and price setting, is estimated in a joint maximum likelihood approach. We find that doctors are more responsive when the costs are covered by the hospitals compared to when costs are covered by national insurance.
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2014
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Authors: | Dalen, Dag Morten ; Locatelli, Marilena ; Sorisio, Enrico ; Steinar Str?m |
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Applied Economics and Finance. - Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation (CEMI). - Vol. 1.2014, 1, p. 39-54
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Chaire en Économie et Management de l'Innovation (CEMI) |
Subject: | pharmaceuticals | discrete choice model | funding-schemes |
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freely available
Extent: | application/pdf text/html |
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Type of publication: | Article |
Classification: | C35 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size; Size Distribution of Firms |
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