00572nam a2200085Ia 4500100002700000245008200027260000900109520034900118583001900467  aHUFF-ROUSSELLE, Maggie  aCost containment through pharmaceutical procurement : a Caribbean case study.  c1996  aDescribes 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.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR