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Medicine prices in urban Mozambique: a public health and economic study of pharmaceutical markets and price determinants in low-income settings
Health Policy and Planning, 10/21/09
Russo G et al. – The authors conclude that local markets play a larger than expected role in the determination of prices in Mozambique, and that more research is needed to address the complex issue of affordability of medicines in low–income countries.
Giuliano Russo, 10/22/09
| It is a commonly held view that medicines are unaffordable in low-income countries, and this is because of the high manufacturing costs imposed by the industry. This research looks at the subject from an economic and public health perspective, trying to unpack the complex issue of affordability of drugs and shed some light on local markets determinants of medicine prices. |
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