Challenges to the availability and affordability of essential medicines in African countries: a scoping review

A Yenet, G Nibret, BA Tegegne - ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The availability and affordability of safe, effective, accessible, and high-quality
essential medicines is a critical benchmark for achieving the right to good health, and it is …

Determinants of drug prices: a systematic review of comparison studies

JMJ Daalen, A den Ambtman, M Van Houdenhoven… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
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 …

Availability and prices of medicines for non-communicable diseases at health facilities and retail drug outlets in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey in eight counties

PG Ashigbie, PC Rockers, RO Laing, HJ Cabral… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the availability and prices of
medicines for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in health facilities and private for-profit …

Factors associated with accessing and utilisation of healthcare and provision of health services for residents of slums in low and middle-income countries: a scoping …

JE Park, P Kibe, G Yeboah, O Oyebode, B Harris… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To identify factors associated with accessing and utilisation of healthcare and
provision of health services in slums. Design A scoping review incorporating a conceptual …

Spatial inequity index for essential facility access at building-level in highly dense urban areas

A Maheshwari, Y Jain, SS Chopra - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Equity and inclusion continue to pose significant challenges for many cities. Disparities in
access to resources and facilities among the residents of these areas are often influenced by …

Medication dispensing, additional therapeutic recommendations, and pricing practices for acute diarrhoea by community pharmacies in Germany: a simulated patient …

B Langer, C Kunow - Pharmacy Practice (Granada), 2019 - SciELO Espana
Resumen LANGER, Bernhard y KUNOW, Christian. Medication dispensing, additional
therapeutic recommendations, and pricing practices for acute diarrhoea by community …

Inventory management practices in private healthcare facilities in Nairobi county

V Karamshetty, H De Vries… - Production and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Universal health coverage (UHC) is an integral part of the United Nations sustainable
development goals. The private sector plays a prominent role in achieving UHC, being the …

How well does a sequential minimal optimization model perform in predicting medicine prices for procurement system?

A Pentrakan, CC Yang, WK Wong - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The lack of an efficient approach in managing pharmaceutical prices in the procurement
system led to a substantial burden on government budgets. In Thailand, although the …

Availability, prices and affordability of essential medicines: a cross-sectional survey in Hanam province, Vietnam

HTT Nguyen, DX Dinh, TD Nguyen, VM Nguyen - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Objective To measure medicines' prices, availability, and affordability in Hanam, Vietnam.
Methods The standardized methodology developed by the World Health Organization …

Implementation of medicines pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review

A Koduah, L Baatiema, AC de Chavez… - Systematic reviews, 2022 - Springer
Background High medicine prices contribute to increasing cost of healthcare worldwide.
Many patients with limited resources in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are confronted with out-of …