Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science
Introduction Pharmaceutical pricing has only recently gained space in mainstream health science literature. Objectives Bibliometric and content description of health science academic literature and ad hoc analysis of grey literature on factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing on databases commonly...
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| author | Maria Angelica Borges dos Santos Leticia Lucia dos Santos Dias Cláudia Du Bocage Santos Pinto Rondineli Mendes da Silva Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro |
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| description | Introduction Pharmaceutical pricing has only recently gained space in mainstream health science literature. Objectives Bibliometric and content description of health science academic literature and ad hoc analysis of grey literature on factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing on databases commonly accessed by healthcare professionals. Methods Scoping study with no time limits performed in Medline, Scopus and Scielo, and relevant sites and databases for grey literature, using search terms with database-appropriate keywords. Results Two hundred four articles were published in 103 peer-reviewed journals between 1981 and 2016 (last search year). In grey literature 78 documents were retrieved in the final selection. Five key thematic clusters for analysing pharmaceutical pricing emerged: market dynamics, segmented into (i) supply-related, (ii) consumer-related and (iii) product-related; (iv) trading strategies, either buyer’s or seller’s and (v) regulatory approach. In peer-reviewed literature there is an overall dominance of themes referring to trading strategies and regulatory approaches and a wide thematic cluster scope. Over half of this literature was produced after the year 2010. International agency technical papers make up the most significant contributions of grey literature, with a clear focus on regulatory approaches to pricing and wider consideration of emerging countries. Research lags in the literature on factors affecting pharmaceutical pricing include impacts of financing schemes, market liberalization, internet trading and biosimilars on prices, with insufficient discussion identified for the effects of discounts/rebates, profits and price transparency. Conclusions Interest in pharmaceutical pricing literature is increasing. Robust evidence-producing study designs for pricing interventions will be a welcome development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a49cbf4fd3c43109289d545077f4d122023-12-07T15:28:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice2052-32112019-12-0112110.1186/s40545-019-0183-012315113Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health scienceMaria Angelica Borges dos Santos0Leticia Lucia dos Santos Dias1Cláudia Du Bocage Santos Pinto2Rondineli Mendes da Silva3Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro4Vice Direção de Escola de Governo, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz,Instituto Integrado de Saúde da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (INISA/UFMS),Departamento de Política de Medicamentos e Assistência Farmacêutica da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz,Departamento de Política de Medicamentos e Assistência Farmacêutica da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz,Introduction Pharmaceutical pricing has only recently gained space in mainstream health science literature. Objectives Bibliometric and content description of health science academic literature and ad hoc analysis of grey literature on factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing on databases commonly accessed by healthcare professionals. Methods Scoping study with no time limits performed in Medline, Scopus and Scielo, and relevant sites and databases for grey literature, using search terms with database-appropriate keywords. Results Two hundred four articles were published in 103 peer-reviewed journals between 1981 and 2016 (last search year). In grey literature 78 documents were retrieved in the final selection. Five key thematic clusters for analysing pharmaceutical pricing emerged: market dynamics, segmented into (i) supply-related, (ii) consumer-related and (iii) product-related; (iv) trading strategies, either buyer’s or seller’s and (v) regulatory approach. In peer-reviewed literature there is an overall dominance of themes referring to trading strategies and regulatory approaches and a wide thematic cluster scope. Over half of this literature was produced after the year 2010. International agency technical papers make up the most significant contributions of grey literature, with a clear focus on regulatory approaches to pricing and wider consideration of emerging countries. Research lags in the literature on factors affecting pharmaceutical pricing include impacts of financing schemes, market liberalization, internet trading and biosimilars on prices, with insufficient discussion identified for the effects of discounts/rebates, profits and price transparency. Conclusions Interest in pharmaceutical pricing literature is increasing. Robust evidence-producing study designs for pricing interventions will be a welcome development.http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-019-0183-0medicine pricegovernment regulationreview literature as topic |
| spellingShingle | Maria Angelica Borges dos Santos Leticia Lucia dos Santos Dias Cláudia Du Bocage Santos Pinto Rondineli Mendes da Silva Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice medicine price government regulation review literature as topic |
| title | Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science |
| title_full | Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science |
| title_fullStr | Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science |
| title_short | Factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing - a scoping review of academic literature in health science |
| title_sort | factors influencing pharmaceutical pricing a scoping review of academic literature in health science |
| topic | medicine price government regulation review literature as topic |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-019-0183-0 |
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