TY - JOUR AU - Bae, Green AU - Park, Chanmi AU - Lee, Hyejin AU - Han, Euna AU - Kim, Dong-Sook AU - Jang, Sunmee PY - 2014 DA - 2014/03/03 TI - Effective policy initiatives to constrain lipid-lowering drug expenditure growth in South Korea JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 100 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The rapid growth of prescription drug expenditures is a major problem in South Korea. Accordingly, the South Korean government introduced a positive listing system in 2006. They also adopted various price reduction policies. Nevertheless, the total expenditure for lipid-lowering drugs have steadily increased throughout South Korea. The present study explores the factors that have influenced the increased expenditures of lipid-lowering drugs with a particular focus on the effects of statins in this process. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-100 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-14-100 ID - Bae2014 ER -