Drug supply challenges for a small country

• In: G10 - Supply chain management contracting and shortages on Monday, 5 September 2005, 14:00-17:00
• At: Cairo (Egypt) (2005)
• Type: Presentation
• By: PLANT, Elizabeth (Taranaki District Health Board, Pharmacy, New Plymouth, New Zealand)
• Abstract:

  New Zealand (population 4 million people) has been very active in containing annual increases in drug expenditure, achieving in 1998-2002 a negative 1% growth, using the.two main approaches of demand and supply side management to manage primary care pharmaceuticals. This is carried out by the government agency PHARMAC (The Pharmaceutical

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