Criteria for Drug Reimbursement Decision-Making: An Emerging Public Health Challenge in Bulgaria

Criteria for Drug Reimbursement Decision-Making: An Emerging Public Health Challenge in Bulgaria.

BACKGROUND During times of fiscal austerity, means of reimbursement decision-making are of particular interest for public health theory and practice. Introduction of advanced health technologies, growing health expenditures and increased public scrutiny over drug reimbursement decisions have pushed governments to consider mechanisms that promote the use of effective health technologies, while c...

Insight into reimbursement decision-making criteria in Bulgaria: implications for orphan drugs.

OBJECTIVE This article's objective is to critically assess the Bulgarian legislation on health technology assessment (HTA). It analyses how innovative therapies and orphan drugs in particular would respond to the regulators' decision-making criteria for reimbursement. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study features critical analysis of current decision-making criteria for drug reimbursement in Bulga...

Drug pricing and reimbursement decision making systems in Mongolia

BACKGROUND It is essential to allocate available resources equitably in order to ensure accessibility and affordability of essential medicines, especially in less fortunate nations with limited health funding. Currently, transparent and evidence based research is required to evaluate decision making regarding drug registration, drug pricing and reimbursement processes in Mongolia. OBJECTIVE T...

The Drug Reimbursement Decision-Making System in Iran

Background: Previous studies of health policies in Iran have not focused exclusively on the drug reimbursement process. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the entire drug reimbursement process and the stakeholders, and discuss issues faced by policymakers. Methods: Review of documents describing the administrative rules and directives of stakeholders, supplemented by published sta...

Elderly depression in India: An emerging public health challenge.