The reference price system and socioeconomic differences in ... - KCE

2 Reference Price System KCE reports 126
4.4.4 Coupling procedure and authorisation from the Privacy Commission .............................. 41
4.4.5 Selection and construction of socioeconomic variables ........................................................ 41
4.4.6 Selection of patients and of pharmaceutical products ............................................................ 43
4.4.7 Statistical analyses .......................................................................................................................... 45
4.5 RESULTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.5.1 Selection of prescribers and patients ......................................................................................... 46
4.5.2 Choice between high price/low cost drugs .............................................................................. 46
4.5.3 Socioeconomic characteristics of patients or physicians and therapeutic reference
pricing: evidence in the literature ............................................................................................................ 57
4.5.4 Choice of a less costly active ingredient within a class .......................................................... 58
4.5.5 Appraisal of results: barriers to low cost drugs ...................................................................... 62
5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION ..................................................... 63
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................ 66