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Cost containment through pharmaceutical procurement : a Caribbean case study.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1996Action note:
  • 3/7/00 M2LMGR
Summary: Describes the function of the Eastern Caribbean Drug Service, which provides a pooled procurement service to nine ministries of health in the small island nations of the Caribbean. Examines the elements of the procurement operation that allows ECDS to reduce unit costs for pharmaceuticals by over 50 percent during its first procurement cycle.
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Describes the function of the Eastern Caribbean Drug Service, which provides a pooled procurement service to nine ministries of health in the small island nations of the Caribbean. Examines the elements of the procurement operation that allows ECDS to reduce unit costs for pharmaceuticals by over 50 percent during its first procurement cycle.

3/7/00 M2LMGR

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