Title
Borderplex brand name medicine price differences
Publication Date
3-1-2011
Publication Name
Applied Economics
Volume
43
Issue
8
First Page
929
Last Page
939
Source Full Text URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802600194
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1080/00036840802600194
Abstract
Relatively high brand name pharmaceutical prices have led many US residents to cross the border into Mexico as 'medical tourists'. To examine the savings potentially available to consumers willing to cross into Mexico, data are collected and analysed for brand name prescription medicines sold in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Retail pharmacy prices are generally lower on the south side of the border and substantial savings result for some medicines. For some products, however, shelf prices are lower on the north side of the border. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
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