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Margaret Ewen
Publications - 36
Citations - 2823
Margaret Ewen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Essential medicines & Public sector. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 33 publications receiving 2362 citations.
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Medicine prices, availability, and affordability in 36 developing and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis.
TL;DR: Overall, public and private sector prices for originator and generic medicines were substantially higher than would be expected if purchasing and distribution were efficient and mark-ups were reasonable.
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The availability and affordability of selected essential medicines for chronic diseases in six low- and middle-income countries
Shanthi Mendis,Keiko Fukino,Alexandra Cameron,Richard Laing,Anthonio Filipe,Oussama Khatib,Jerzy Leowski,Margaret Ewen +7 more
TL;DR: Assessing the availability and affordability of medicines used to treat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and glaucoma and to provide palliative cancer care in six low- and middle-income countries found context-specific policies are required to improve access to essential medicines.
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Essential medicines for universal health coverage
Veronika J. Wirtz,Hans V Hogerzeil,Andy Gray,Maryam Bigdeli,Cornelis de Joncheere,Margaret Ewen,Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt,Sun Jing,Vera Lucia Luiza,Regina M Mbindyo,Helene Möller,Corrina Moucheraud,Bernard Pécoul,Lembit Rägo,Arash Rashidian,Arash Rashidian,Dennis Ross-Degnan,Dennis Ross-Degnan,Peter Stephens,Yot Teerawattananon,Ellen 't Hoen,Anita K. Wagner,Anita K. Wagner,Prashant Yadav,Michael R. Reich +24 more
TL;DR: Author(s): Wirtz, Veronika J; Hogerzeil, Hans V; Gray, Andrew L; de Joncheere, Cornelis P; Ewen, Margaret A; Gyansa-Lutterodt, Martha; Jing, Sun; Luiza, Vera L; Mbindyo, Regina M; Moller, Helene; Moucheraud, Corrina; Pecoul, Bernard; Rago, Lembit; Rashidian, Arash
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Quantifying the Impoverishing Effects of Purchasing Medicines: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Affordability of Medicines in the Developing World
Laurens M. Niëns,Alexandra Cameron,Ellen Van de Poel,Margaret Ewen,Werner B. F. Brouwer,Richard Laing +5 more
TL;DR: This work estimates the impoverishing effects of four medicines in 16 low- and middle-income countries using the impoverishment method as a metric of affordability and shows that medicine purchases could impoverish large numbers of people.
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Differences in the availability of medicines for chronic and acute conditions in the public and private sectors of developing countries
Alexandra Cameron,Ilse Roubos,Margaret Ewen,Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse,Hubertus G. M. Leufkens,Richard Laing +5 more
TL;DR: Current disease patterns do not explain the significant gaps observed in the availability of medicines for chronic and acute conditions, and measures are needed to better respond to the epidemiological transition towards chronic conditions in developing countries alongside current efforts to scale up treatment for communicable diseases.