The major role of pharmacists and the department of pharmaceuticals in drug related cost-containment within the framework of a health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel

• In: Miscellaneous - Posters
• At: Beijing (China) (2007)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: M-P-008
• By: LOMNICKY, Yossi (MACCABI HEALTH SERVICES, Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Co-author(s): KOKIA, EHUD (MACCABI HEALTH SERVICES, TEL AVIV, Israel)
  HALKIN, HILLEL (MACCABI HEALTH SERVICES, TEL AVIV, Israel)
  
• Abstract:

  Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel. Lomnicky_y@mac.org.il Prescription drug expenditures in developed countries have risen steeply in recent decades, reaching annual growth rates approximating 5-10%. Factors contributing to this escalation are the aging of the population with its attendant increased burden of chronic disease, and

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