Pns178 Private Health Insurance Perception of Their Role Afterward Universal Health Insurance in Egypt

Abstract

price-cut was due to the actual transaction pricing, but its impact on the reduction rate was the smallest (-4.00%). The highest reduction rate per event was the priceadjustment at the timing of generic approvals (-16.29%) and the policy change for off-patent drugs' pricing in April 2012 (-18.15%). In terms of total reduction, the most relatively important characteristic was whether being the originator or the generic drug (50.9%) and annual sales followed it (12.9%). The Listing year contributed to the annual reduction rate most (64.1%) and whether being the originator or the generic drug was also slightly important (14.1%). Conclusions: The repricing mechanism affects the price of anti-cancer drugs in a variety of ways. It is conclusive that statutory adjustments due to Actual transaction price and patent-off are the most active and influential on price change. The most critical factors driving price change are whether to be an originator or not and when to have been listed. To be more efficient and reconciled pricing system, it needs to reinforce an autonomous or competitive mechanism and value assessment.

Healthcare financing in Egypt: a systematic literature review.

“…Several articles discussed affordability of drugs and pricing strategies that affected the drug availability in particular after currency devaluation in 2016 [ 38 – 44 ]. Few articles highlighted the role of private health insurance after UHC implementation and the potential opportunities to support the new insurance system [ 14 , 45 – 47 ]. One report discussed the regional health financing landscape and provided an overview of the private health sector landscape [ 48 ].…”

“…The population percentage covered by private insurance ranged from 1% [ 21 ] to 10% [ 45 ]. The mean was 4.3%, the median was 3.0%, while the most recently reported value in 2019 was 5.0% [ 14 ].…”

“…When it comes to financing, it has an even smaller share. Private health insurance (PHI) can have a new role after implementing UHI, in the form of providing complementary health insurance (CHI) and supplementary health insurance (SHI) in addition to the public health insurance scheme [ 14 , 65 , 80 ].…”