Publications by authors named "Anouk den Ambtman"

Objective: In this systematic review on drug price comparison studies, we report on recent determinants of drug prices in a national and international context to facilitate regulation of drug prices by purchasers and policymakers worldwide. Determinants of drug prices were divided into non-modifiable and modifiable and were categorised as pertaining to a country's income level, pharmaceutical market system and its policies and government.

Primary Outcome: Determinants of drug prices or price variance.

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Objectives: To assess whether there is a difference between the net prices of medical products used by Dutch hospitals and, if there is, how this difference can be explained.

Design: Cross-sectional self-administered electronic survey.

Setting: We surveyed the prices paid for 17 commonly used medical products, such as pacemakers, gloves and stents in 38 Dutch hospitals (including general, specialised and academic hospitals) in 2017.

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Background: Over the past few years, various new types of technologies have been introduced, which have been tailored to meet the specific needs of older adults by incorporating gerontological design principles (i.e., "gerontechnologies").

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