From symbiosis to independence: Investigating changes in the relationship between general practitioners' presence and pharmacies' market size in Slovakia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F24%3A00140119" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/24:00140119 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851024000502" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851024000502</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105040" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105040</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From symbiosis to independence: Investigating changes in the relationship between general practitioners' presence and pharmacies' market size in Slovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Using the Slovak pharmacy retail market case, this study examines the evolving interdependency between general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacies. Traditionally, they have operated symbiotically, with pharmacy revenues heavily reliant on prescriptions. However, the development of the market structures of these providers after the liberalization of the pharmacy retail market in 2005 raises a question about the stability of this relationship. By analyzing entry thresholds as a measure of the market size required for pharmacies to cover their entry costs, the study reveals that the dependency of pharmacies on the presence of GPs has diminished over time. In the initial year following the liberalization, the presence of a GP decreased the market size sufficient to cover entry costs for the first pharmacy by about 83% compared to a market without a GP. However, in 2019, this effect decreased to approximately 65%. This could imply worsened coverage of pharmaceutical services in small and rural areas with GPs as the entry decision of pharmacies is less elastic towards their presence.

Název v anglickém jazyce

From symbiosis to independence: Investigating changes in the relationship between general practitioners' presence and pharmacies' market size in Slovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

Using the Slovak pharmacy retail market case, this study examines the evolving interdependency between general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacies. Traditionally, they have operated symbiotically, with pharmacy revenues heavily reliant on prescriptions. However, the development of the market structures of these providers after the liberalization of the pharmacy retail market in 2005 raises a question about the stability of this relationship. By analyzing entry thresholds as a measure of the market size required for pharmacies to cover their entry costs, the study reveals that the dependency of pharmacies on the presence of GPs has diminished over time. In the initial year following the liberalization, the presence of a GP decreased the market size sufficient to cover entry costs for the first pharmacy by about 83% compared to a market without a GP. However, in 2019, this effect decreased to approximately 65%. This could imply worsened coverage of pharmaceutical services in small and rural areas with GPs as the entry decision of pharmacies is less elastic towards their presence.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50200 - Economics and Business

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Health Policy

ISSN

0168-8510

e-ISSN

1872-6054

Svazek periodika

143

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

May

Stát vydavatele periodika

IE - Irsko

Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

1-5

Kód UT WoS článku

001221864700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85188523661