The very idea of Pharmac presents a conundrum for the minister in charge, Act leader David Seymour.
His mum was a pharmacist, but in a Venn diagram of Seymour and Pharmac the circles would barely overlap.
For Act the market is king, subsidies are evil and success is spending as little taxpayer money as possible.
Exploring lived experience provides insights into the multiple ways that lack of affordability prevents access to medicines: directly, through interaction with other barriers to access including transport, by damaging trust and reducing acceptability of services, and by making participants less able to deal with mistakes made by health professionals.
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HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
DRUGS, DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTICS
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL HEALTH
TE TIRITI