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Prescription Drug Cost Controls

they are initially very expensive. Drug companies undertake lengthy and costly tests to create the drug. Once it is able to be pre...

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Long Term Care/Medicare Reform

majority, if not all, Medicare part D plans will offer incentives for participants to choose generic drugs. It is believed that "g...

Acme Hospital Information Technology Project Plan Synthesis

cost billions to bring a new drug to market, and the developer has patent protection only for relatively few years. To recoup its...

HR Employee Benefits and the Impact of Rising Employer Costs

15.4% in 2003/4 (Anonymous, 2004). The approach has been to look for new ways of satisfying the same needs, such as the use of gen...

Trends and Statistics on Drug Use

and recent mothers determined that, in general, the rate of alcohol consumption for women, aged 15 to 44, was lower among pregnant...

The Marketing Of Prescription Drugs

A five stage model looking at problem recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision, and post- pu...

Issues Concerning Prescribed Drugs

physical. And, as stated, taken as directed, there is very low risk of negative side effects of any kind. 3. Anti-psychotics As ...

MEDICARE MODERNIZATION - AN OVERVIEW

Medicare Part D has the ability to impact millions of individuals who are currently enrolled in Medicare and who were unable to ge...

Prescription Drugs and Our Over Medicated Society

orchestrated our growing dependence on prescription drugs. Big Pharma now represents a practically inescapable component ...

Pharmaceutical Marketing

emotional appeal, where marketers have sought to appeal to either negative or positive emotions with attempts to find the right em...

Drug Interactions among the Elderly

This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...

Medicare Donut Hole, An Overview

This research paper offers an overview of the gap in prescription drug coverage that is a component of Medicare Part D. Ten pages ...

Should New Drugs Be Labelled As ‘New’ To Indicate A Higher Risk Than Established Dugs?

funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...

The Independence of Auditors; the Australian Perspective

of independence. Independence in different roles not only the role of the auditor, but also independence within remuneration and s...

Is the Nation State Increasingly Irrelevant in the Context of Globalization

governmental organizations as well as international organizations. It may be assumed that the issues are more focused on countries...

U.S. Government Involvement in Prescription Drugs

the "government should subsidize prescription drug spending for all 40 million Americans over the age of 65 - whether they need it...

The Elderly, Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcoholism

like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...

Generic Equivalents of Prescription Drugs

The writer examines the usage, origin and contraindications of the drug albuterol, which is branded under the name Proventil but i...

Regulating Financial Services in E-Commerce.

This research paper addresses problems that can arise in the regulation of the on-line financial services industry. The author fo...

Small Business and the Costs of Government Interference

In seven pages private businesses' compliance to government regulations are examined with a discussion of economic and tax issues ...

Educational Futures in Australia

the other nations of the world. Of all the scenarios discussed, that of continued globalization is the one of greatest impo...

Preference of Self Regulation and Voluntary Conduct Codes in Corporate Governance

seen in many different industries in the way when pressured the industry will capitulate, even if unwilling, to the government dem...

New Zealand and Australia's Indigenous Peoples and Political Rights

law protects against discrimination and provides for true equality, in reality even the rule of law cannot provide for true equali...

'Labor Slowdown Campaign' 2004 Australian Article Sociological Assessment

Now, drivers are taking action. Why are they doing this? The employees claim that they want more rights, and that drivers are be...

Drug Therapy-Statins

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Accounting Standards; Will Enron Happen Again?

the GEC directors took control of the company, and therefore the accounts this ?10 million profit turned into a $4.5 million loss ...

Ethical Business

the government of the Netherlands began requiring businesses to improve the environmental footprint they left in the wake of condu...

Army Battle Dress Uniform

are designed to ensure military personnel present a consistently professional appearance. However, as the regulation regarding mus...