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1、AnImperativeforPublicHealthCareImprovingtheMedicineSUPPLYCHAINIntroductionMedicinesplayanimportantroleinpublichealthcareprograms,savinglivesanddrawingpeopletohealthfacilities,wheretheycanalsoreceivepreventivetreatment.Medicinescanalsohelpkeephealthcar
2、ecostsdown.Manyinsurancecarrierswouldratherpayfordrugtreatmentthanforpotentiallyriskyandmoreexpensivesurgery.Andthecostofcomplicationsfromnottreatingillnesswithmedicineintheearlystagescanultimatelybedoubleortripletheexpense.Butthehighcostofmedicinesis
3、puttingincreasingpressureonhealthcarebudgets.Forexample,inmanyindustrializednationstheelderlypopulation(thoseolderthan65)isexpectedtodoubleinthenext50years.Usually,thissegmentofthepopulationhasapproximatelyfourtimesthehealthcareexpendituresofthoseunde
4、r65years.Additionally,inmanydevelopingeconomies,theepidemiologicalprofileischanging—evolvingfrominfectiousandlessexpensivediseases,whichcanbetreatedthroughmassivenationalcampaigns,tochronicdegenerativediseasessuchascanceranddiabetes,whicharemoreexpens
5、ivetotreat.Addingtotheproblem,mostpublichealthcareprogramssupplydrugsthroughinternal,antiquatedandcomplexsupplychains.Asaresult,criticaldrugsmaynotbeavailablewhenpatientsneedthem.Thesefactors,whencombined,meanthatpublichealthcareprogramsfaceamassivest
6、ruggleinprovidingpatientswithaconsistentflowofmedicine,whilekeepingcostsdownandmaintaininghighlevelsofservice.Thispaperdiscusseswaystoimprovethemedicinesupplychainindevelopingcountries.Itoffersaseven-pointsolutiontorelievingpressureonhealthcarebudgets
7、inthesecountries,whilereducingthecostofmedicineandimprovingkeyelementsofthedrugsupplychain.ImprovingtheMedicineSupplyChainonegoalmightbetomakeessentialmedicinesPublichealthprogramscoverthehealthcareavailableandaffordabletothosewhoneedt
8、hem.costsofmuchofthepopulationworldwide.ForHowever,thestrategiesforachievingthegoalsexample,inLatinAmerica,onaverage,52per-arequitespecific:Thepublicsectorcanimprovecentofthehealthcarebudgetin2000waspaidthesupplyofessentialmedicinebyincreasing