Practical measurement of affordability: an application to medicines

• Main Authors: LM Niëns (Author), E Van de Poel (Author), A Cameron (Author), M Ewen (Author), R Laing (Author), WBF Brouwer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To develop two practical methods for measuring the affordability of medicines in developing countries. METHODS: The proposed methods - catastrophic and impoverishment methods - rely on easily accessible aggregated expenditure data and take into account a country's income distribution...