Drug prices in Argentina

The country has three separate health systems: government, social security and private. They are vastly different, and yet total healthcare expenditures are a mere 4.6% of the G.N.P. There is an essential drugs program, a fledgling patent law, and a national formulary. Drug consumption in the countr...

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Autores principales: Vernengo, M.J., Bolaños, R.
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spelling todo:paper_15385698_v12_n4_p295_Vernengo2023-10-03T16:21:57Z Drug prices in Argentina Vernengo, M.J. Bolaños, R. Health system Pharmaceutical market prices essential drug non prescription drug Argentina drug cost drug formulary drug legislation drug marketing drug use government health care access health care cost health care system health program human money patent prescription priority journal private health insurance review social security The country has three separate health systems: government, social security and private. They are vastly different, and yet total healthcare expenditures are a mere 4.6% of the G.N.P. There is an essential drugs program, a fledgling patent law, and a national formulary. Drug consumption in the country is the 5th highest, after France, Spain, USA and Venezuela. Drug prices are printed on cartons. The government wants to end the OTC sale of prescription drugs and to maintain a better data system, as well as to promote price competition. © 2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Fil:Vernengo, M.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_15385698_v12_n4_p295_Vernengo
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topic Health system
Pharmaceutical market prices
essential drug
non prescription drug
Argentina
drug cost
drug formulary
drug legislation
drug marketing
drug use
government
health care access
health care cost
health care system
health program
human
money
patent
prescription
priority journal
private health insurance
review
social security
spellingShingle Health system
Pharmaceutical market prices
essential drug
non prescription drug
Argentina
drug cost
drug formulary
drug legislation
drug marketing
drug use
government
health care access
health care cost
health care system
health program
human
money
patent
prescription
priority journal
private health insurance
review
social security
Vernengo, M.J.
Bolaños, R.
Drug prices in Argentina
topic_facet Health system
Pharmaceutical market prices
essential drug
non prescription drug
Argentina
drug cost
drug formulary
drug legislation
drug marketing
drug use
government
health care access
health care cost
health care system
health program
human
money
patent
prescription
priority journal
private health insurance
review
social security
description The country has three separate health systems: government, social security and private. They are vastly different, and yet total healthcare expenditures are a mere 4.6% of the G.N.P. There is an essential drugs program, a fledgling patent law, and a national formulary. Drug consumption in the country is the 5th highest, after France, Spain, USA and Venezuela. Drug prices are printed on cartons. The government wants to end the OTC sale of prescription drugs and to maintain a better data system, as well as to promote price competition. © 2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Bolaños, R.
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Bolaños, R.
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title Drug prices in Argentina
title_short Drug prices in Argentina
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