Antiretroviral purchasing and prescription practices in Mexico: constraints, challenges and opportunities

Autores/as

  • Claire Gabrielle Véronique Chaumont Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.
  • Sergio Bautista-Arredondo Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.
  • Juan José Calva Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán. Distrito Federal, México.
  • Roberto Isaac Bahena-González Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.
  • Gerda Hitz Sánchez-Juárez Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.
  • Arturo González de Araujo-Muriel COFAPI México. México.
  • Carlos Magis-Rodríguez Centro Nacional para la Prevención y Control del VIH y el Sida (Censida). Distrito Federal, México.
  • Mauricio Hernández-Ávila Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21149/spm.v57s2.7606

Palabras clave:

HIV, anti-retroviral agents, pharmaceutical policy, Mexico, Latin America

Resumen

Objective. This study examines the antiretroviral (ARV) market characteristics for drugs procured and prescribed to Mexico’s Social Protection System in Health beneficiaries between 2008 and 2013, and compares them with international data. Materials and methods. Procurement information from the National Center for the Prevention and the Control of HIV/AIDS was analyzed to estimate volumes and prices of key ARV. Annual costs were compared with data from the World Health Organization’s Global Price Reporting Mechanism for similar countries. Finally, regimens reported in the ARV Drug Management, Logistics and Surveillance System database were reviewed to identify prescription trends and model ARV expenditures until 2018. Results. Results show that the first-line ARV market is concentrated among a small number of patented treatments, in which prescription is clinically adequate, but which prices are higher than those paid by similar countries. The current set of legal and structural options available to policy makers to bring prices down is extremely limited. Conclusions. Different negotiation policies were not successful to decrease ARV high prices in the public health market. The closed list approach had a good impact on prescription quality but was ineffective in reducing prices. The Coordinating Commission for Negotiating the Price of Medicines and other Health Supplies also failed to obtain adequate prices. To maximize purchase efficiency, policy makers should focus on finding long-term legal and political safeguards to counter the high prices imposed by pharmaceutical companies.

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Publicado

2015-03-05

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Véronique Chaumont CG, Bautista-Arredondo S, Calva JJ, Bahena-González RI, Sánchez-Juárez GH, González de Araujo-Muriel A, Magis-Rodríguez C, Hernández-Ávila M. Antiretroviral purchasing and prescription practices in Mexico: constraints, challenges and opportunities. Salud Publica Mex [Internet]. 5 de marzo de 2015 [citado 4 de mayo de 2024];570:S171-S182. Disponible en: https://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7606

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