Developing Nepal’s medicines pricing policy: evidence synthesis and stakeholders’ consultation
Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar,
Santosh Dulal,
Narayan Prasad Dhakal
et al.
Abstract:Objectives
The objectives of this paper are to (a) explore stakeholders’ opinions regarding Nepal’s existing medicines pricing practices/situation and (b) build and present a set of medicines pricing policies for Nepal.
Methods
A review of the literature and field visits to community retail pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, wholesalers, and distributor outlets in Kathmandu were conducted to assess the medicines pricing situation. Following the literature review, prelimin… Show more
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