International comparison of drug prices with Malaysia : a systematic review
High drug price is a hot topic in Malaysia. In this systematic review of drug price comparison studies, we report on international comparison of drug prices with Malaysia. We systematically searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect and Scopus for peer-reviewed articles. Only studies that m...
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Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19662/1/6_ms0565_pdf_54834.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19662/ https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/17/1 |
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| Summary: | High drug price is a hot topic in Malaysia. In this systematic review of drug price
comparison studies, we report on international comparison of drug prices with
Malaysia. We systematically searched PubMed, Cochrane Library, ScienceDirect
and Scopus for peer-reviewed articles. Only studies that made comparison
internationally were included. Cost-effectiveness studies, budget impact analysis
or costing studies were excluded. A total of 10 studies were included. Nine studies
compared the price with median international reference prices (IRPs). Only one
study compared the price with another country. The drug price in Malaysia forboth government and public sectors was higher than IRP. This review provides the
information that the drug price in Malaysia is higher than the international standard.
The number of published studies in the drug pricing area is still inadequate with
only one study that compares Malaysia drug price with another country. More
studies are needed to improve Malaysia’s drug pricing system. |
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