Health policy and systems research in access to medicines: a prioritized agenda for low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify priority policy issues in access to medicines (ATM) relevant for low- and middle-income countries, to identify research questions that would help address these policy issues, and to prioritize these research questions in a health policy and systems research (HPSR) agenda.

Methods

The study involved i) country- and regional-level priority-setting exercises performed in 17 countries across five regions, with a desk review of relevant grey and published literature combined with mapping and interviews of national and regional stakeholders; ii) interviews with global-level stakeholders; iii) a scoping of published literature; and iv) a consensus building exercise with global stakeholders which resulted in the formulation and ranking of HPSR questions in the

SUBMITTER: Bigdeli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854087 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature