药品价格与沙特阿拉伯药品短缺之间的关联:回顾性数据库分析
Mohammad A Alowairdhi1, Fatimah H Alhussain1, Maha I Alomran2
1Department of Pricing and Pharmacoeconomics, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice
|July 18, 2023
概括
国际上药品价格上与沙特阿拉伯药品短缺的增加有关. 这项研究分析了2017-2020年期间的药物价格和短缺通知,以了解这种关系.
科学领域:
- 制药经济学 制药经济学
- 医疗保健政策 医疗保健政策
- 药物供应链管理 药物供应链管理
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,药品价格和短缺之间存在联系,但定量证据有限.
- 这项研究解决了需要对药物价格和药物短缺事件之间的关联进行定量评估的需求.
研究的目的:
- 调查沙特阿拉伯药品价格与药品短缺事件之间的定量关联.
- 分析外国与沙特的价格比率与药物短缺的发生之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 从2017年1月到2020年12月,向沙特食品和药物管理局 (SFDA) 发出短缺通知的药物的回顾性数据库分析.
- 计算每个药物的外国与沙特的价格比率 (FTSPR).
- 根据FTSPR将药物分为三组,并使用负二项回归分析平均计数比率 (mCR) 的分析.
主要成果:
- 总共分析了900种药物.
- 外国与沙特的价格比率大于1的药物 (第一组) 与对照组相比,缺乏的平均数量更高 (mCR:1.88;95% CI 1.24至2.83).
- 外国与沙特的价格比率等于1的药物 (组2) 与对照组的短缺数量相似 (mCR: 1.39; 95% CI 0.92 到 2.09).
结论:
- 调查结果表明,药品短缺事件与沙特阿拉伯以外的药品价格上之间存在重大联系.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以探索不同环境中的因果关系.
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