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dc.titleBreve 24. The pharmaceutical price regulation in El Salvador
dc.contributor.authorInter-American Development Bank
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.date.available2022-04-25T18:04:00
dc.date.issue2022-02-18T00:02:00
dc.description.abstractHis policy brief is based on a webinar presented by Luis Alejandro Rivera, Chief of the Pricing Unit at the Dirección Nacional de Medicamentos (National Directorate of Medicines DNM) in El Salvador. The presentation was given on July 2019. Rising prices of medications are a global concern as healthcare expenditures soar and more patients are unable to access the medicines they need. El Salvador has managed to control and lower the price of prescription medicines for both innovator and generic medicines, while maintaining a well-functioning and cost-saving pharmaceutical market. This publication presents takeaways, such as price setting methods, the identification of appropriate market segments, and the introduction of online monitoring platforms, so that other policymakers may use them when introducing price regulation in their own pharmaceutical markets.
dc.format.extent10
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004010
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Breve-24.-The-pharmaceutical-price-regulation-in-El-Salvador.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Breve-24.-Regulacion-de-precios-farmaceuticos-en-El-Salvador.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesCriteria Network
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectMedicines Pricing
dc.subjectPharmaceutical Industry
dc.subjectSocial Security
dc.subject.jelcodeI18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
dc.subject.jelcodeH51 - Government Expenditures and Health
dc.subject.jelcodeH75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions
dc.subject.jelcodeI11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeI10 - Health: General
dc.subject.keywordspharmaceutical price regulation;international reference pricing;external reference pricing;El Salvador
dc.typeLearning Materials
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-LM-00477
idb.operationRG-T3621
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