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  • Title: In search of pharmaceutical health, the case of Thailand.
    Author: Sepulveda-alvarez C.
    Journal: Dev Dialogue; 1985; (2):56-68. PubMed ID: 12341049.
    Abstract:
    The central question to be addressed when discussing the adequacy and relevance of pharmaceutical action in a country, or in the world generally, is what are the objectives of such pharmaceutical action. The central and overwhelmingly preeminent objective is to restore the health of suffering and sick people. There is consensus among practitioners worldwide that health services in 3rd World countries have followed an urban-centered, hospital-based pattern. The consumption has, therefore, followed a similar pattern. In 1979, the urban hospitals of Thailand, both public and private, accounted for 30% of the total drug consumption, or an estimated US$85 million. The urban population within reach was less than 15% of the total population. The primary health care (PHC) policies adopted at Alma Ata resulted in the establishment of a special PHC unit in 1981 and a number of pharmaceutical studies were undertaken at the time. In 1982, the urban hospitals' share of drug consumption had slightly decreased. Overconsumption of unnecessary products by urban elites leaves the poor majority underserved and bearing very high levels of morbidity for which no treatment is accessible, despite the availability of drugs in the country as a whole. During 1969-81, there has been a 10-fold increase of the pharmaceutical market.
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