This master thesis analyses factors that determine the prices of prescription medicine. The theoretical part is outlining the fundamentals of pharmaceutical market, identifying the main price components and determinants with main focus on pricing and reimbursement policies in the world. The empirical part is dedicated to the pharmaceutical market in the Czech Republic. It explores the impact of state regulatory measures such as internal and external reference pricing on the prescription medicine prices. A regression analysis was conducted to determine what factors have significant impact on the prices. Furthermore a t-test was performed to discover differences in price levels between regulated and unregulated drugs as well as between originator medicine and generics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:264235 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Horníková, Ivana |
| Contributors | Machek, Ondřej, Tyll, Ladislav |
| Publisher | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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