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Studies from Erasmus University, Department of Health Policy yield new information about health policy
Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, March 16th, 2007
New research, "Prioritisation by physicians in the Netherlands--the growth hormone example in drug reimbursement decisions," is the subject of a report. According to a study from Netherlands, "Drug treatment and reimbursement is an area of ever growing complexity in health priority setting. This paper assesses the National Registry of Growth Hormone Treatment (LRG) responsible for making prioritisation decisions in the Dutch drug reimbursement system in the treatment of growth hormone, using the framework for fairness."
"We used qualitative research consisting of semi-structured interviews and focus group sessions combined with quantitative methods to audit the...
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