Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Contributors
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction: Public pharmaceutical expenditure
J. Puig-Junoy

PART I
2 Incentives for mnovation in the pharmaceutical market
P. Ibern Regàs

3 Price regulation systems in the pharmaceutical market
J. Puig-Junoy

4 Regulation and competition in pharmaceutical markets
J.R. Borreil Arqué, A. Costas Comesaíia and R. Noneil Torres

5 Mechanisms to encourage price competition in the pharmaceutical market and their effects on efficiency and welfare
J. Rovira Forns and J. Darbà Coli

PART II
6 Reference pricing as a pharmaceutical reimbursement mechanism
G. López-Casasnovas and J. Puig-Junoy

7 Insurance in public financing of pharmaceuticals
B. González López- Valcárcel

8 Economic evaluation and pharmaceutical policy
J.L. Pinto Prades and X. Badía Llach

9 Prescriber incentives
L. Cabiedes and V Ortún

PART III
10 Economic considerations regarding pharmaceutical expenditure in Spain and its financing
G. López-Casasnovas

11 Review of economic studies of the pharmaceutical industry published over the last 20 years by Spanish economists
F. Lobo, M. Cabaíias Sáenz and R. González Pérez

Appendix List of economic studies of the pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceuticals published over the Iast 20 years by Spanish economists
Index