Open AccessCost analysis of different antibiotic brands available in indian market with reference to National List of Essential Medicines
Author(s) -
Dinesh Kumar Meena,
Jayanthi Mathaiyan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_296_20
Subject(s) - antibiotics , medicine , azithromycin , ciprofloxacin , essential medicines , business , public health , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
About 60%-90% of healthcare spending in India is on medicine which is mainly out of pocket. Almost all the drugs including antibiotics are available as brands with variable cost. Indian government formulated National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) to ensure availability of affordable medicines to the population. Prescribing drugs from NLEM and considering the cost of drug, especially antibiotics in practice, can reduce cost of treatment and patient's out-of-pocket expenditure.