Ageing, health status and coverage rate effects on community prescription costs in Ireland.

摘要: This paper aims to explore how GMS drug costs depend on age, gender, income, health status, community scheme coverage rates and whether they display significant differences across regions of Ireland. We also aim find out whether the high low income cohorts respond similarly changes in their status. The projects 2026 examines the separate cost population ageing growth over period. simulate estimated model show much giving free prescription drugs all persons aged ‘under 5’ would add costs, universal costs. construct a multivariate logistic regression progress methodology used earlier studies by explicitly modelling regional incomes status interact determining An age cohort region breakdown simulated both projected demographic trends public policy measures that have been adopted or are under consideration, investigated. age—but not gender—on income, rates, significantly lower for Donegal North West region. tend increase as improves, whereas decrease improves. A uniform 1% gain has little impact total prescribing Similarly, if Irish improved match East 2010 it only reduced around 32 € million 1.8 € billion bill. minor doubled from circa 3.6 € billion.