A new report by KPMG titled ‘Improving healthcare delivery in hospitals by optimized utilization of medicines’ (08/10/2019) analyses the financing and procurement of medicines in hospitals in 8 European countries.
Many European countries are grappling with the efficiency of hospital care, which is facing growing demands from an increasingly elderly population. The optimal use of generic and biosimilar medicines is one major contributor to this efficiency.
The study, ordered by Medicines for Europe, outlines the enablers and barriers for increased use of generic and biosimilar medicines in hospitals, a.o. in Belgium (the worst pupil in the class when it comes to the use of these medicines).
The report proposes 9 key ingredients to improve access to medicines in the hospital setting.
