00601nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000270001724500820004426000090012652003490013558300190048420260716043336.0  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