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dc.creatorChikungwa, M.T.
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-30T15:50:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T10:53:23Z
dc.date.available2014-10-30T15:50:20Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T10:53:23Z
dc.date.created2014-10-30T15:50:20Z
dc.date.issued2001-11
dc.identifierChikungwa, M.T. (2001) Rationalizing the cost of anaesthesia in Zimbabwe: a proposal, CAJM vol.47, no. 11. Harare, Avondale:CAJM.
dc.identifier0008-9176
dc.identifierhttp://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/4938
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10646/1675
dc.description.abstractWith the worsening economic situation in the country, it is only prudent to develop ‘survival strategies’ in order to keep afloat . Under such hardships human behaviour manifests the jungle rules of ‘survival of the fittest’. That is exactly what is happening particularly in the health sector, as I will highlight in this letter. The importation of medical drugs in Zimbabwe is controlled, but their resale is liberalized. The same anaesthetic drug may cost a hospital two to three times more by buying it from one company than from the other as shown below (Table I). This information is from an unpublished survey of the buying patterns of three hospitals and two public hospital pharmacies.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCentral African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.rightsUniversity of Zimbabwe
dc.subjectFinance
dc.subjectHealth
dc.titleRationalizing the cost of anaesthesia in Zimbabwe: a proposal
dc.typeArticle


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