Collective pharmaceutical procurement in China may have unintended consequences in supply and pricing

The collective pharmaceutical procurement was launched in China in 2018 to reduce the prices of selected drugs, by pooling the demands of member cities and granting the contract to the manufacturer with the lowest bid. We found the procurement significantly decreased the prices of most drugs. We a...

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Main Authors: Jiang, Shan, Chen, Zhuo, Wu, Tao, Wang, Hui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/61480/