Judicialization of access to medicines in four Latin American countries: a comparative qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The valuation of medicines as health needs vary depending on the stakeholders involved (users, prescribers, managers, etc.) and their expectations. These factors modulate the role of medicines as a health need and influence access to medicines, and could be useful to explain the rising of Judicialization of access to medicines.

Aim

To conduct a comparative analysis of the causes and consequences of judicialization of access to medicines in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Chile from the perspective of medicines as health needs.

Methods

A qualitative, cross-country study was carried out in these 4 countries. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 50 representatives of the different stakeholders involved in the judicialization of access to medicines, i

SUBMITTER: Vargas-Pelaez CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature