Perspectives of pharmaceutical stakeholders on determinants of medicines accessibility at the primary care level.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Equitable access to essential medicines of maintained efficacy, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness must be ensured by a well-functioning health system. This study aims to identify the determinants of patients' access to medicines at the primary health care (PHC) level from the perspectives of various (internal and external) stakeholders of the pharmaceutical system.

Methods

The study employed both quantitative and qualitative components. Quantitative component applied a descriptive a cross-sectional design and qualitative component applied an in-depth interview design. It was a health system research conducted at two (PHC) facilities (one urban and the other rural) in Egypt. It inquired upon political, economic, and managerial aspects of the pharmaceutical sy

SUBMITTER: Rizk HI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806678 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature