Expenditure and access of antineoplastic medicines in the public health sector in Panama in 2007-2012

• In: Posters: Community Pharmacy: Access to medicines
• At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS007
• By: GOMEZ, Beatriz (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Department of Research and Health Technology Assessment, Panama, Panama)
• Co-author(s): Samaniego, Zila (Ministry of Health, Panama, Panama)
  Herrera, Victor (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama)
  Niño, Cecilio (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama)
  Higuera, Gladys (Ministry of Health, Panama, Panama)
  Politis, Michael (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama, Panama)
  
• Abstract:

  Introduction Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and its incidence is expected to increase in the coming years. Panama is a developing nation where cancer is one of the principal causes of mortality and its pharmacological treatment represents one of the largest health expenditure in the public sector. Aim To develop an

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