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The document discusses barriers to access medicines in the Philippines and strategies to overcome them. It finds that out-of-pocket spending on medicines accounts for 50% of total healthcare spending, highlighting weak access. Government measures like price caps have reduced medicine prices but not necessarily improved affordability if poverty remains high. A predominantly public healthcare system may better ensure access regardless of income by converting lower prices to actual purchases. The document reco

Author

Vincent John Rigor

Language

EN