TY - JOUR AU - Trottmann, Maria AU - Frueh, Mathias AU - Telser, Harry AU - Reich, Oliver PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/08 TI - Physician drug dispensing in Switzerland: association on health care expenditures and utilization JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 238 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Several countries recently reassessed the roles of drug prescribing and dispensing, either by enlarging pharmacists’ rights to prescribe (e.g. the US and the United Kingdom) or by limiting physicians’ rights to dispense (e.g. Taiwan and South Korea). While integrating the two roles might increase supply and be convenient for patients, concern is that drug mark-ups incite providers to prescribe unnecessary drugs. We aimed to assess the association of physician dispensing (PD) in Switzerland on various outcomes. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1470-y DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1470-y ID - Trottmann2016 ER -