00648nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043336.0 HUFF-ROUSSELLE, Maggie Cost containment through pharmaceutical procurement : a Caribbean case study. 1996 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 A 45253 45253