Prediction of Change in Prescription Ingredient Costs and Co-payment Rates under a Reference Pricing System in South Korea Ji Haeng Heo, MS, Karen L. Rascati, PhD, Eui-Kyung Lee, PhD Value in Health Regional Issues Volume 12, Pages 7-19 (May 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2016.07.011 Copyright © 2017 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 The diagram of Korea National Health Insurance before and after the reference pricing system. Value in Health Regional Issues 2017 12, 7-19DOI: (10.1016/j.vhri.2016.07.011) Copyright © 2017 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Savings rate on prescription ingredient costs for chemical-level model, therapeutic- level model, and hybrid grouping model under scenarios. Note. Savingsrate(%)=Originalprescriptioningredientcosts($)−Prescriptioningredientcostsunderexpectedscenarios($)Originalprescriptioningredientcosts($) Value in Health Regional Issues 2017 12, 7-19DOI: (10.1016/j.vhri.2016.07.011) Copyright © 2017 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Patient co-payments for chemical-level, therapeutic-level, and hybrid grouping models under scenarios. Note. Baseline represents original co-payments for patients before the reference pricing system. Baseline co-pay rate: chemical level, 20.4%; therapeutic level, 20.4%; hybrid grouping model, 22.9%. Value in Health Regional Issues 2017 12, 7-19DOI: (10.1016/j.vhri.2016.07.011) Copyright © 2017 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Patient co-payments for chemical-level, therapeutic-level, and hybrid grouping models under scenarios. Note. Baseline represents original co-payments for patients before the reference pricing system. Baseline co-pay rate: chemical level, 20.4%; therapeutic level, 20.4%; hybrid grouping model, 22.9%. Value in Health Regional Issues 2017 12, 7-19DOI: (10.1016/j.vhri.2016.07.011) Copyright © 2017 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions