Many middle-income countries such as Egypt, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brazil have pharmacoeconomic guidelines. These follow the recommendations by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research but include country-specific differences. The variations respond to changes in how governments apply pharmacoeconomics and determine market access to pharmaceuticals and medical devices. This is also determined […]
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Pharmaceutical market access will look very different under a South African national health insurance system. A national health insurance system would result in an integrated healthcare system founded on the principles of solidarity and redistribution of healthcare resources. Every South African would contribute to funding the national health insurance system and in return receive “free” […]
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1. What is Value-Based Healthcare? Health is an intrinsic value and a precondition for pursuing a ‘good life’. Whilst universal healthcare provides equitable health to the population, most healthcare systems have strategies to improve quality of healthcare while reducing costs [1] [2]. The promise of value-base healthcare, or care delivered under value-based contracts, is receiving much […]
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