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The Availability, Pricing and Affordability of Three Essential Asthma Medicines in 52 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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  • Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
  • Charon Lessing
  • Cécile Mace
  • Karen Bissell

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Findings raise important policy concerns. Availability of inhaled corticosteroids is poor; many EMLs are not updated; IRPs can be misleading; health systems and patients are paying more than necessary for asthma medicines, which are unaffordable for many patients in many countries. Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013

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  • Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar & Charon Lessing & Cécile Mace & Karen Bissell, 2013. "The Availability, Pricing and Affordability of Three Essential Asthma Medicines in 52 Low- and Middle-Income Countries," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 31(11), pages 1063-1082, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:pharme:v:31:y:2013:i:11:p:1063-1082
    DOI: 10.1007/s40273-013-0095-9
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    1. Karen Bissell & Philippa Ellwood & Eamon Ellwood & Chen-Yuan Chiang & Guy B. Marks & Asma El Sony & Innes Asher & Nils Billo & Christophe Perrin & the Global Asthma Network Study Group, 2019. "Essential Medicines at the National Level: The Global Asthma Network’s Essential Asthma Medicines Survey 2014," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-15, February.
    2. Yan Song & Ying Bian & Tianmin Zhen, 2018. "Making medicines more accessible in China: An empirical study investigating the early progress of essential medicine system," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(8), pages 1-13, August.
    3. Felix Khuluza & Lutz Heide, 2017. "Availability and affordability of antimalarial and antibiotic medicines in Malawi," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-15, April.
    4. May Chien Chin & Sheamini Sivasampu & Ee Ming Khoo, 2017. "Prescription of oral short-acting beta 2-agonist for asthma in non-resource poor settings: A national study in Malaysia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-12, June.
    5. Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie & David Betelwhobel Ugal & Justin Agorye Ingwu, 2016. "Overdependence on For-Profit Pharmacies: A Descriptive Survey of User Evaluation of Medicines Availability in Public Hospitals in Selected Nigerian States," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(11), pages 1-13, November.

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