title: [Effects of the Health Structure Regulation on prescribing behavior of established physicians].
abstract: In 1992 the German Federal Minister of Health enacted a new law to secure the health insurance system by budgeting the expenses for prescriptions among else. The data derived from a sample of computer-assisted private practices show a significant decline of prescriptions both in natural units and in value since 1993, but the analysis of the patients' data also reveals a more or less deliberate pattern of procedure followed by the GPs with regard to certain groups of patients such as elderly or chronically ill patients.
authors.affiliation: I+G Infratest und Gfk Gesundheits- und Pharmamarkt-Forschung, München.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Güther
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011331:Private Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
vernacular_title: Auswirkungen des GSG auf das Verordnungsverhalten niedergelassener Arzte.