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Bikash R Meher1, Biswa M Padhy2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Abstract:
The concept of indication-specific pricing (ISP) of drugs means that the cost of a drug will vary depending on the reasons for its use. ISP is a novel concept and its beneficial or detrimental effects are unknown. Experience from richer countries suggests that it is fraught with many administrative, ethical and regulatory challenges. It seems, though, that prices of some drugs have been set using this model. The barriers, real and potential, to the implementation of ISP in low- and middle-income countries are discussed. Implementation of ISP is impractical in such environments because of the large impoverished population, low frequency of health insurance, generally poor health infrastructure, lack of regulatory oversight, and the fact that most healthcare expenditure is borne personally.
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