Access to essential medicines for children: a cross-sectional survey measuring medicine prices, availability and affordability in Hanam province, Vietnam
| العنوان: | Access to essential medicines for children: a cross-sectional survey measuring medicine prices, availability and affordability in Hanam province, Vietnam |
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| المؤلفون: | Dai Xuan Dinh, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Van Minh Nguyen |
| المصدر: | BMJ Open BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 8 (2021) |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, media_common.quotation_subject, Wage, Essential medicines, Health Services Accessibility, quality in health care, paediatrics, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Socioeconomics, Child, Health policy, media_common, business.industry, 030503 health policy & services, Public health, Health Policy, Public sector, General Medicine, Local currency, Private sector, Cross-Sectional Studies, Vietnam, Costs and Cost Analysis, Rural area, 0305 other medical science, business, Drugs, Essential |
| الوصف: | ObjectiveTo identify the availability, prices and affordability of essential medicines for children (cEMs) in Hanam province, Vietnam.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingOne city and five districts of Hanam province.Participants66 public health facilities and 66 private drugstores.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe standardised methodology of the WHO and Health Action International was used to investigate 30 paediatric essential medicines. For each medicine, data were collected for two products: the lowest-priced medicine (LPM) and the highest-priced medicine (HPM). The availability of medicine was computed as the percentage of facilities in which this medicine was found on the day of data collection. Median prices of individual medicines were reported in local currency. Affordability was calculated as the number of days’ wages required for the lowest-paid unskilled government worker to purchase standard treatments for common diseases. Data were analysed using R software V.4.1.0.ResultsThe mean availability of LPMs in the private sector (33.2%, SD=38.0%) was higher than that in the public sector (24.9%, SD=39.4%) (pConclusionThe low availability was the main reason hindering access to cEMs in Hanam, especially in the countryside. A national study on cEMs should be conducted, and some practical policies should be promulgated to enhance access to cEMs. |
| تدمد: | 2044-6055 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4b21b2a44268e4e13faff2d4f3ffb5c4 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34344685 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4b21b2a44268e4e13faff2d4f3ffb5c4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20446055 |
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