Basis for drugs selection

               Basis for drug selection

❖ WHO Essential Drugs List as a model.

• National health policy

■ Free health care

 ■ Subsidized health care

■ Managed health care

• National drug policy

■ Free drug policy

■ Subsidized cost of drugs or cost recovery

■ Cost sharing
• Patterns and prevalence of diseases
• Quality and type of care provided

 ■ Primary
 ■ Secondary
 ■ Tertiary
• Primary Health Care
• Primary health care is the day-to-day care needed to protect, maintain or restore our health. For most people, it is both their first point of contact with the health care system and their most frequently used health service
 • Available human resources

■ Medical care (general and specialist care)

■ Nursing care (nursing, midwifery, psychiatry)
■ Pharmaceutical care (pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, clinical nurses)
• Lab medical personnel

■ Financial resources.