2020
DOI: 10.1017/s0266462320000872
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Access to medicines in Turkey: Evaluation of the process of medicines brought from abroad

Abstract: Objective Turkey's health reforms started in 2003 with providing changes in regulatory, financing, and healthcare services. Access to health care and pharmaceuticals increased rapidly, and this resulted with an increase in public pharmaceutical expenditures. Our study aims to quantify and to evaluate the impact of a specific process within the Turkish system called “Medicines Brought From Abroad" (MBFA). Methods We reviewed the general reimbursement legislations of Social Security Instit… Show more

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“…In addition, in Türkiye, different mechanisms have been developed to avoid price-related medicine access problems under universal coverage, such as "Medicines Brought from Abroad" for only patients with limited treatment options. However, this pathway of medicines accounted for only 7.5% of total public pharmaceutical expenditure between 2011 and 2017 (Atikeler et al, 2020). ATC levels 3rd and 4th allow medicines to be classified into chemical, pharmacological, and therapeutic subgroups (WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, 2024).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, in Türkiye, different mechanisms have been developed to avoid price-related medicine access problems under universal coverage, such as "Medicines Brought from Abroad" for only patients with limited treatment options. However, this pathway of medicines accounted for only 7.5% of total public pharmaceutical expenditure between 2011 and 2017 (Atikeler et al, 2020). ATC levels 3rd and 4th allow medicines to be classified into chemical, pharmacological, and therapeutic subgroups (WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology, 2024).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%