title: Pharmaceutical expenditure compared across countries.
abstract: Pharmaceutical expenditures for 20 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) are discussed and the appropriateness of making comparisons amongst these countries is addressed. This is a summary of a lecture presented at the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology in 2004.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, EUROSTAT, Directorate F, Social Statistics and Information Society, Unit F5, Health and Food Safety Statistics. Cornelis.VAN-MOSSEVELD@cec.eu.int
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van Mosseveld
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D016527:Drug Costs; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000191:economics; D005060:Europe; D005252:Fees, Pharmaceutical; D014943:Global Health; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000191:economics*; D017891:Pharmacoepidemiology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations