Reduction of social coverage for symptomatic slow-acting drugs for osteoarthritis: a disinvestment initiative in Argentina, 2015-2017

• Main Authors: Martín A. Urtasun (Author), María Noble (Author), Martín Cañás (Author), Julián Bustin (Author), Ricardo C. Mastai (Author), Alejandro J. Regueiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In April 2016, the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners discontinued its policy of 100% coverage for 159 drugs (the "social subsidy"), including symptomatic slow-acting drugs for osteoarthritis (SYSADOAs), due to insufficient evidence of significant clinical be...