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100			_aHUFF-ROUSSELLE, Maggie
245			_aCost containment through pharmaceutical procurement : a Caribbean case study.
260			_c1996
520			_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.
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