The 2nd HPD report - Health Policy Monitor

Private Financing ....................................................................... 42
New Zealand: Removal of assets test for older people
in long-term residential care .................................................. 42
United Kingdom: Recent reforms of policy on
long-term care for elderly people ........................................... 43
USA: Expansion of prescription drug coverage
for the elderly .......................................................................... 45
Pharmaceutical Policies ............................................................ 49
France: Lower reimbursement rates and delisting
of pharmaceuticals ..................................................................... 50
France: Liberalization of prices for innovative medicines
England and Wales: Health technology assessment
...... 52
and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Denmark: Emphasis on economic evaluation
................... 54
of new pharmaceuticals ............................................................. 56
Austria: Criteria for reimbursable drugs and promotion
of generics .................................................................................. 57
Finland: Generic substitution of prescription drugs .............. 59
Finland: New Development Center for Drug Therapy ........... 60
Spain: Reference pricing system for generic medicines:
update and extension ................................................................. 62
Republic of Korea: Separation of drug prescribing
and dispensing ........................................................................... 64
New Zealand: Direct-to-consumer advertising
of prescription medicines ......................................................... 66
Human Resources for Health ................................................... 67
Australia: Policy responses to chronic and acute shortages
in the nursing workforce ........................................................... 67
California: First-in-nation rules on nurse-to-patient
ratios ........................................................................................... 67
The Netherlands: Coping with prospective shortages
in the medical workforce ........................................................... 70
New Zealand: Workforce development .................................... 72
Canada: A co-coordinated and comprehensive approach
to health human resource planning ......................................... 73
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