Strategies for price reduction of HIV medicines under a monopoly situation in Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze Government strategies for reducing prices of antiretroviral medicines for HIV in Brazil. METHODS Analysis of Ministry of Health purchases of antiretroviral medicines, from 2005 to 2013. Expenditures and costs of the treatment per year were analyzed and compared to inter...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Costa Chaves, Lia Hasenclever, Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro, Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100309&lng=en&tlng=en