National transparency assessment of Kuwait's pharmaceutical sector

Dalia A. Badawi, Yousif Alkhamis, Mohammad Qaddoumi and Kazem Behbehani

Health Policy, 2015, vol. 119, issue 9, 1275-1283

Abstract: Corruption is one of several factors that may hinder the access to pharmaceuticals. Since Kuwait has the highest per-capita spending on pharmaceuticals in the region, we wanted to evaluate the level of transparency in its pharmaceutical sector using an established assessment tool adapted by the World Health Organization.

Keywords: Governance of medicine; Pharmaceuticals; Corruption; Kuwait; WHO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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