Background One of the main treatment procedures is through medicine prescription.
Considering the rising burden of drug costs, we conducted this study to estimate the …

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most important causes of death in the world. There are
variety of plans and strategies to treatment and prevention of CVD. Medicines have …

Background Increasing attention is being paid to the affordability of medicines in low-and
middle-income countries (LICs and MICs) where medicines are often highly priced in …

The most common solutions to the problem of high pharmaceutical prices have taken the
form of regulations, price negotiations, or changes in drug coverage by insurers. These …

Existing methods of pharmaceutical cost containment are relatively primitive weapons of
expenditure restraint. Their effectiveness is generally limited to short term savings. The …

Background. Health inequities refer to differences in the health status among the various
groups of the population caused by modifiable external conditions and environment created …

Background Equitable access to essential medicines is a major challenge for policy-makers
world-wide, including Central and Eastern European countries. Member States of the …

Health care financing has become a topic on the political agenda in Western Europe in
recent decades. For every government it has become a subject of continuous concern …

Introduction Studies have demonstrated that co-payments on medication reduce the
consumption of both non-essential and essential drugs, and that the latter can lead to worse …

Even though access to affordable medicines is a human right, it is not ensured world-wide.
The Priority Medicines Report 2013 [1] identified pharmaceutical gaps that continue to …