Global strategies to reduce the price of antiretroviral medicines: Evidence from transactional databases

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 520-528

  Waning, Brenda ^a   Kaplan, Warren ^b   King, Alexis C ^c   Lawrence, Danielle A ^b   Leufkens, Hubert G ^d   Fox, Matthew P ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; EFAVIRENZ; GENERIC DRUG; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS STAVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; RITONAVIR; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DATABASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PRICE DETERMINATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG MARKETING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PURCHASING;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMERCE; COST CONTROL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67650898263     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.058925     Document Type: Article

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