Background Pharmaceuticals are important interventions that could improve people's health.
Pharmaceutical pricing and purchasing policies are used as cost‐containment measures to …

Background Pharmaceuticals can be important for people's health. At the same time drugs
are major components of health care costs. Pharmaceutical pricing and purchasing policies …

Country Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies Page 1 ACCESS TO MEDICINES, VACCINES AND
PHARMACEUTICALS WHO Guideline on Country Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies WHO guideline …

Background Pharmaceuticals, while central to medical therapy, pose a significant burden to
health care budgets. Therefore regulations to control prescribing costs and improve quality …

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 …

Objective A systematic review was conducted to summarize government strategies aimed at
controlling pharmaceutical prices in developing countries and their effects on relevant …

Pharmaceutical expenditure is rising globally. Most high-income countries have exercised
pricing or purchasing strategies to address this pressure. Low-and middle-income countries …

Background The proportion of total healthcare expenditures spent on drugs has continued to
grow in countries of all income categories. Policy‐makers are under pressure to control …

Background Growing expenditures on prescription medicines represent a major challenge
to many health systems. Cap and co‐payment policies are intended as an incentive to deter …

Background Public policy makers and benefit plan managers need to restrain rising
pharmaceutical drug costs while preserving access and optimizing health benefits …