Effects of transparent online open procurement on prices, volumes, and costs of medicines: an interrupted time series study in Ningxia, China
The transparent online open procurement policy resulted in reduced prices, lowered volumes, and lowered total costs of purchased orders of medicines.
Authors
- Chaojie Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0877-0424)
- Yin‐Ming Li
- Tianqin Xue
- Yuqing Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-2688)
- Jingying Gao
- Xizhuo Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5080-6619)
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Hubei University of Education (CN)
- Hubei Provincial Department of Education (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pharmacology
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1362374
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00