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Zusammenfassung International Drug Regulatory Mechanisms explores the environment, organization, structure, functioning, and finance of health systems and pharmaceutical markets in 19 countries. Foreword (Greg Perkins) Interventions to Curb Rising Pharmaceutical Costs in Iceland (Anna Birna Almarsd ttir, Almar Gr msson, and Ingunn Bj rnsd ttir) Canadian Public Policies and Practices Related to Drug Prices, Utilization and Expenditures (Ingrid Sketris, Susan Bowles, and Richard Manuel) Drug Policy in the Czech Republic (Lenka Praznovcova, Josef Suchopar, and Albert I. Wertheimer) Drug Policies and Pricing Mechanism: The Malaysian Perspective (Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim and Salmah Bahri) Drug Pricing in South Africa Policy and Praxis (Andy L. Gray and Thulani Matsebula) Drug Price Control in India An Overview (Mansi B. Shah and Amit S. Patel) Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme and Cost Containment in Taiwan's National Health Insurance (Weng-Foung Huang and Hung-Chi Chiang) Rx Price Control Methods in Mexico (Jaime Kravzov-Jinich, Marina Altagracia-Mart nez, Martha Elena Yamasaki-L pez, Hector Salgado-Schoelly, and Claudia Cardona-Carl n) Financing Pharmaceutical Care in the Dutch Health System (Han de Gier) Drug Pricing Policy in Hungary (Zolt n Vincze, Rom na Zelk , and gnes M sz ros) Germany's Attempts to Control Drug Prices and Expenditures: Success or Failure (Eva Susanne Dietrich) Regulating the Prices and Costs of Medicines in the United Kingdom (David Taylor) The Controls of Prices of Medicines in Israel (Avi Moshenson and Howard Rice) Pharmaceutical Services in Slovenia (Jurij F rst) Pricing and Reimbursement of Medicinal Products in Denmark (Karen Kolenda and Henrik Vestergaard) Drug Prices in Argentina (Marcelo J. Vernengo and Ricardo Bola os) Drug Pricing and Reimbursement System in Turkey (Selen Yegenoglu) Medication Expenditure and Utilization in Morocco (Batoul Senhaji) Pharmaceutical Expenditure: Aspects of Cost Containment in Italy (Luciana Scalone, Simon de Portu, Paola Minghetti, and Lorenzo G. Mantovani) Organization of Health Care Systems and Financing of Pharmaceuticals in Norway, Including Cost Containments (Geir Bredesen) Index Reference Notes Included ...