Estimated change in public and private expenditure on all prescriptions filled in retail pharmacies with the addition of universal public coverage of essential medicines
| Source of finance | Actual expenditure in 2015, $ millions | Estimated change in expenditure on all medicines with universal public coverage of essential medicines, $ millions (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All model parameters set to base-case scenario values | All model parameters set to best-case scenario values | All model parameters set to worst-case scenario values | ||
| Public | 10 760 | 1229 (11) | 373 (3) | 1979 (18) |
| Private | 15 444 | −4272 (−28) | −5831 (−38) | −2721 (−18) |
| Total | 26 204 | −3043 (−12) | −5458 (−21) | −743 (−3) |