There are many pressures on health spending fruit, among others, the change in the epidemiological and demographic profile of the region. However, the factor that has pushed spending growth has been the emergence and use of increasingly expensive health technologies. According to a recent review of international literature, technological pressure on average account for 50% of growth of health spending (Sorenson, et al.2013).
About this, it is important to note that the countries of the region face strong pressure from different stakeholders (patients, doctors, producers and distributors of health technologies) for new technologies with public resources are covered. These factors combine to explain why several countries in the region have seen rapidly grow your drug expenses and why Latin America is an increasingly important part of the world pharmaceutical market. To illustrate the importance of the region in this market, according to the Global Health Intelligence (2015), the growth of Latin American drug market by 2017 will be 12%, an increase four times higher than report the European market and the US.
Project Detail
Country
Regional
Project Number
RG-T2680
Approval Date
April 28, 2016
Project Status
Closed
Project Type
Technical Cooperation
Sector
HEALTH
Subsector
HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING
Lending Instrument
-
Lending Instrument Code
-
Modality
-
Facility Type
-
Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)
-
Total Cost
USD 200,000.00
Country Counterpart Financing
USD 0.00
Original Amount Approved
USD 200,000.00
Operation Number | Lending Type | Reporting Currency | Reporting Date | Signed Date | Fund | Financial Instrument |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATN/OC-15553-RG | Sovereign Guaranteed | USD - United States Dollar | Ordinary Capital | Nonreimbursable |
- Lending Type: Sovereign Guaranteed
- Reporting Currency: USD - United States Dollar
- Reporting Date:
- Signed Date:
- Fund: Ordinary Capital
- Financial Instrument: Nonreimbursable
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https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1263968802-12
Approved TC document
Fortalecimiento de la red CRITERIA para generarconocimiento y capacidades sobre priorizaciónexplícita y planes d [40269936].PDF
May. 05, 2016
Spanish
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-631120200-2
TC Abstract
Fortalecimiento Red CRITERIA para priorización y planes de beneficios en AL [39702963].PDF
Jun. 29, 2015
Spanish
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1263968802-11
TC Abstract
Filtros Ambientales [39698694].PDF
Aug. 03, 2015
English
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1691535712-17
Technical Note
El-efecto-portafolio-de-la-regulacion-de-precios-de-medicamentos.pdf
Sep. 05, 2018
Spanish
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1691535712-8
Access to Information
La-priorizacion-en-salud-paso-a-paso-comoarticulan-sus-procesos-mexico-brasil-y-colombia_VERSION FINAL CONVERGENCE.pdf
Apr. 30, 2018
Spanish
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