France spent €33 billion on medicines in 2007
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
French statisticians have reached a final tally of €33.4 billion spent on medicines in 2007, an increase of 4.4% on the year before. The DREES report on the cost of national healthcare takes all public and private spending in France into account, both in hospitals and in the community, rather than what is paid out in reimbursements through the social security system (Scrip Online, August 14th, 2008).
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