Essential medicines for universal health coverage

VJ Wirtz, HV Hogerzeil, AL Gray, M Bigdeli… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Essential medicines satisfy the priority health-care needs of the
population. Essential medicines policies are crucial to promoting health and achieving …

Prevalence and estimated economic burden of substandard and falsified medicines in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Ozawa, DR Evans, S Bessias, DG Haynie… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Substandard and falsified medicines burden health systems by diverting
resources to ineffective or harmful therapies, causing medical complications and prolonging …

[HTML][HTML] What do people really think of generic medicines? A systematic review and critical appraisal of literature on stakeholder perceptions of generic drugs

SS Dunne, CP Dunne - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background Considerable emphasis is presently being placed on usage of generic
medicines by governments focussed on the potential economic benefits associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing medicine quality by active pharmaceutical ingredient levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis across low-and middle-income countries

S Ozawa, HH Chen, YFA Lee, CR Higgins… - The american journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Substandard and falsified medicines are often reported jointly, making it difficult to recognize
variations in medicine quality. This study characterized medicine quality based on active …

[HTML][HTML] Percepción de la población con respecto a medicamentos genéricos frente a los de marca en hospitales del Perú

G Mendoza-Chuctaya… - Cadernos de Saúde …, 2019 - SciELO Public Health
El objetivo del estudio fue conocer la percepción de la población con respecto a
medicamentos genéricos, frente a los medicamentos de marca, en hospitales del Perú …

Evidence on access to medicines for chronic diseases from household surveys in five low-and middle-income countries

CE Vialle-Valentin, B Serumaga… - Health policy and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The 2011 United Nations (UN) General Assembly Political Declaration on
Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) brought NCDs to the …

Perceptions of the quality of generic medicines: implications for trust in public services within the local health system in Tumkur, India

PK Aivalli, MA Elias, MK Pati, S Bhanuprakash… - BMJ Global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Generic medicines are an important policy option to reduce out-of-pocket
expenditure on medicines. However, negative perceptions of their quality affect utilisation …

Gambaran Tingkat Pengetahuan Masyarakat Tentang Obat Generik di Kecamatan Sepuluh Koto, Nagari Singgalang, Kabupaten Tanah Datar

D Abdullah, M Anissa, NP Dewi - Health and Medical Journal, 2019 - jurnal.unbrah.ac.id
Latar belakang: Obat generik adalah jenis obat yang memiliki kesamaan kandungan bahan
aktif dengan obat paten, juga dalam hal kegunaan maupun formulasinya. Kesamaan …

What do users of generic medicines think of them? A systematic review of consumers' and patients' perceptions of, and experiences with, generic medicines

SS Dunne - The Patient-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Considerable emphasis is placed on the use of generic
medicines because of the potential economic benefits associated with their use. The …

Physician and pharmacist perceptions of generic medicines: What they think and how they differ

S Dunne, B Shannon, A Hannigan, C Dunne, W Cullen - Health policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction This study is the first comparative assessment, internationally, of perceptions of
generic medicines between general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists in at least the last …