Time and cost involved in measuring access to medicines: the case of Albania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the resources involved in collecting data for both the WHO/Health Action International (HAI) methodology and the Sustainable Development Goal 3.b.3 indicator to determine the availability and affordability of medicines. Medicines from the WHO Global Core List (GCL) and a basket of pediatric medicines were chosen to reflect a comprehensive range of medicines. The objective was to analyze the time, financial, and human resource investments required to conduct such research in an upper-middle-income country like Albania.

Results

Data collection, including travel required approximately 3.5 h per survey area, with a total of 36 h estimated across six areas, not including data analysis. Each survey area was visited by four data collectors. Alth

SUBMITTER: Petro E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11895194 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature