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

Table 5 Summary of product matches of Ministry of Health procurement data with IQVIA medicines price basket, 2010–2014

Year	IQVIA medicines price basket		MOH procurement data
Year	Medicine Formulations	Products	Medicine Formulations	Products
2010	205	532	149	200
2011	205	598	167	293
2012	205	604	167	262
2013	205	636	168	244
2014	205	628	171	266

IQVIA data includes medicines procured by MOH and non-MOH public healthcare institutions while MOH procurement data includes medicines procured by MOH healthcare facilities only

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