Katz E M
U.S. Public Health Service, Washington, DC 20201.
Health Care Financ Rev. 1994 Spring;15(3):141-56.
As the Berlin Wall fell and the population of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) swelled by 25 percent with the addition of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), the health care system struggled to keep pace. This article examines drug outlays by the statutory sickness funds during the first 2 years of unified operations. It shows that providing equivalent coverage quickly led to equal rates of pharmaceutical consumption nationwide, while in Berlin the former East outdistanced the West by a considerable margin.
随着柏林墙的倒塌，德意志联邦共和国（西德）的人口因并入前德意志民主共和国（东德）而激增了25%，医疗保健系统难以跟上步伐。本文研究了法定疾病基金在统一运作的头两年中的药品支出情况。研究表明，迅速提供同等的保险范围导致全国药品消费率持平，而在柏林，原东德地区的药品消费率大幅超过了西德地区。
