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Patient access schemes in Asia-pacific markets: current experience and future potential

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, February 2015
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Title
Patient access schemes in Asia-pacific markets: current experience and future potential
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40545-014-0019-x
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Authors

Christine Y Lu, Caitlin Lupton, Shana Rakowsky, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Anita K Wagner

Abstract

Patient access (or risk-sharing) schemes are alternative market access agreements between healthcare payers and medical product manufacturers for conditional coverage of promising health technologies. This study aims to identify and characterize patient access schemes to date in the Asia-Pacific region. We reviewed the literature on patient access schemes over the last two decades using publicly available databases, Internet, and grey literature searches. We extracted key features of each scheme identified, including the drug, clinical indication, stakeholders involved, and details of the scheme. We categorized schemes according to a previously published taxonomy of scheme types and by country. We identified 3 schemes in South Korea, 5 in New Zealand, and 98 in Australia. Most (97.2%; n = 103) schemes focused on pharmaceuticals, few on medical technologies. More than half of the schemes related to treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The majority (77.4%; n =82) involved pricing arrangements. Evidence generation schemes were rarely used. About half (41.8%; n = 41) of schemes in Australia were hybrid by nature, consisting of pricing arrangements with a conditional treatment continuation component. Australia has the most experience with patient access schemes and its experience may provide useful insights for other Asia-Pacific countries. The main targets are pharmaceuticals likely to have high budget impact (due to high per-patient costs and/or large volumes of use), and pharmaceuticals that may be adopted more widely than indicated. With the proliferation of high-cost medicines, the use of schemes may increase to address rising cost pressures, consumer demands, and uncertainties, while attempting to provide patient access to innovative care within finite budgets. Future research is warranted to evaluate the performance of patient access schemes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 97 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 24%
Researcher 18 19%
Student > Postgraduate 5 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 5%
Student > Bachelor 5 5%
Other 14 14%
Unknown 27 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 17 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 16 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 10 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 4 4%
Other 15 15%
Unknown 30 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2020.
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