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The Indian pharmaceutical sector : issues and options for health sector reform /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World Bank discussion paper ; no. 437Publication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2002.Description: xiii, 59 pISBN:
  • 0821352121
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4'76151'0954  GOV
LOC classification:
  • HD9672.I52 G68 2002
Summary: This report on the pharmaceutical sector in India provides a systematic description and analysis of the profound gap that exists between the benefit that pharmaceuticals have to offer, and the reality that for millions of poor people in India medicines are still unaffordable, unsafe, and improperly used. It further outlines several strategic options that could strengthen India's ability to ensure the availability, affordability, quality and rational use of essential medicines on a sustainable basis, using an appropriate mix of public and private sector resources. Overall, the report represents an important and useful contribution to the literature on the role of pharmaceutical policy in delivering equitable, efficient, and high quality health care services to poor people in developing countries.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 338.4'76151'0954 GOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100086657

Includes bibliographical references: p. 48-59.

This report on the pharmaceutical sector in India provides a systematic description and analysis of the profound gap that exists between the benefit that pharmaceuticals have to offer, and the reality that for millions of poor people in India medicines are still unaffordable, unsafe, and improperly used. It further outlines several strategic options that could strengthen India's ability to ensure the availability, affordability, quality and rational use of essential medicines on a sustainable basis, using an appropriate mix of public and private sector resources.
Overall, the report represents an important and useful contribution to the literature on the role of pharmaceutical policy in delivering equitable, efficient, and high quality health care services to poor people in developing countries.

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