Comparative study on drug policies of BRICs and its implications to China / 中国卫生政策研究
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
;
(12): 11-15, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-459859
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To compare drug policies in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICs), sum-marize the experiences from the process of implementation and provide some suggestions to further improve the national drug policy in China.Methods:
National drug polices of BRICs and experiences in the implementation of essential medicine policy were summed up systematically by means of systematic review.Results:
Essential medicine policy and popular phar-macy are implemented in Brazil;Pharmaceutical separation system is established in Russia;the mode of essential medicine policy in Delhi is typical in India;Government of South African focuses on procurement and distribution of drugs. Although drug policies of BRICs have their own characteristics, the objective is to increase the public access to low-cost, high-quality drugs.Conclusions:
Despite the BRICs have attained some achievements, they still face serious challenges in deep-ening the health care reform. Hence, they need to explore the measures continuingly consisting with their national condi-tions, and learn from the experiences of developed countries to further consolidate and improve the national drug policies.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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