title: Discounted drug prices for hospitals: result in prescriptions for expensive drugs in the community.
abstract: Hospital prescribing has a major influence on community prescribing. In France, pharmaceutical companies can sell drugs to hospitals at dramatically reduced prices in the expectation of increasing sales in community pharmacies.
mesh_terms: D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000191:economics*; D017046:Cost Savings; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D016568:Drugs, Generic / Q000191:economics; D005602:France; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000191:economics; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D055553:Prescription Drugs