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Table 1 Summary of products matched to an MSH international reference price, 2010–2014

From: How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014

Year

All medicines

Medicine price basket

Medicine formulations

Products

Expenditure share (%)

Medicine formulations

Products

Expenditure share (%)

2010

254

624

25.9

205

532

24.8

2011

279

744

27.8

205

598

25.7

2012

267

725

28.9

205

604

27.2

2013

279

779

25.5

205

636

23.9

2014

266

751

28.2

205

628

25.7

  1. Medicine formulation refers to a medicines active ingredient, strength, and dosage form that is used to match with medicines in the MSH price guide. A single medicine formulation can have a number of different products (branded and generic medicines) associated with it