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Table 1 Characteristics of the selection process foressential medicines in cities 1, 2, and 3

From: Essential psychiatric medicines: wrong selection, high consumption and social problems

Items

City 1

City 2

City 3

Process

 Official designation of PTCa

N

Y

N

 Annual review

N

N

N

 Declaration of interest

N

N

N

 Cost analysis is crucial to include medicines

Y

Y

Y

 Final decision is made by Health secretary

Y

Y

Y

Criteria for drug selection

 Professional experience

Y

Y

Y

 Presence on reference list

Y

Y

Y

 Epidemiology of disease

Y

Y

Y

Source of information

 Pharmaceutical industry catalogue

N

N

N

 Guidelines of reference list

N

N

N

 Systematic review/synopsis of evidence

N

N

N

Committee

 Multidisciplinary members

N

N

N

 Expertise in selection essential medicines

N

N

N

 Need for improve the selection processb

Y

Y

Y

 Need for training the PTCb

Y

Y

Y

  1. Y yes, thischaracteristic is present, N no, thischaracteristic is not present
  2. aPTC Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee
  3. bOpinion from each Health Secretary of city