Assessing variation among the national essential medicines lists of 21 high-income countries: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Essential medicines lists have been created and used globally in countries that range from low-income to high-income status. The aim of this paper is to compare the essential medicines list of high-income countries with each other, the WHO's Model List of Essential Medicines and the lists of countries of other income statuses.

Design

High-income countries were defined by World Bank classification. High-income essential medicines lists were assessed for medicine inclusion and were compared with the subset of high-income countries, the WHO's Model List and 137 national essential medicines lists. Medicine lists were obtained from the Global Essential Medicines database. Countries were subdivided by income status, and the groups' most common medicines were compared. Se

SUBMITTER: Taglione MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359480 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature