If a medicine is considered eligible for reimbursement, it will be put on one of two positive lists: List A, essential list providing 100% reimbursement of the reference price for listed products, and List B, supplementary list where patients are charged co-payments [ 8 ].
South African regulators should explore all avenues of grouping medicines, either via patent status (originator brand, branded generic, generic), innovation status, country of manufacture, reimbursement status, presence on an essential medicines list or other positive lists [ 9].
Improvements to accessibility could be made by developing an essential medicines list for children and including these medicines in national purchasing lists.
There is an essential medicine list (EML) for all public facilities under the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, and this list is regularly updated and used for procurement of all medicines.
The WHO produces both an essential drugs list and treatment guidelines for major conditions that include questions of pharmacoeconomics and are used by many countries in assessing which drugs should be made available to their populations.
For over 30 years, the WHO has advocated an essential medicines list for member states [ 7].
In 2009 Paraguay's Ministry of Health developed an Essential Drugs List and an accompanying integrated logistic system for medicines and supplies.
The object of this study was to explore these factors by examining the policy-making process for a pharmaceutical policy common in developing countries; an essential medicines list.
Given that the availability of medicines is known to influence rational drug consumption, an important step forward has been the development of an essential medicines list (EML).
The rules-based indicators cover topics such as the existence of an essential medicines list and the existence of key health sector documents.
