Alkhenizan Abdullah
Department of Family Medicine and Polyclinic, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2014 Aug;14(4):483-90. doi: 10.1586/14737167.2014.908712. Epub 2014 Jun 23.
Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the region and it is the largest oil producing country in the world. It is one of the few countries in the world which was not affected significantly by the global economic crisis. Health care spending is led mainly by governmental expenditure. Private sector share of the health care services is supported by the government and increasing. The demands for pharmaceutical products, medical devices and health care services is fueled by the rapidly growing population and the wide spread of chronic diseases. Publications and expertise in the field of pharmacoeconomics is scarce within the country. There is an urgent need to establish a national center for pharmacoeconomics to lead the country efforts in controlling the cost of health care services. Such a center is needed to promote pharmacoeconomics research and train health care professionals in this field.
沙特阿拉伯是该地区最大的国家，也是世界上最大的石油生产国。它是世界上少数几个未受到全球经济危机重大影响的国家之一。医疗保健支出主要由政府支出主导。政府支持并推动私营部门在医疗保健服务中所占份额的增长。人口的快速增长和慢性病的广泛传播推动了对药品、医疗设备和医疗保健服务的需求。该国在药物经济学领域的出版物和专业知识稀缺。迫切需要建立一个国家药物经济学中心，以引领该国在控制医疗保健服务成本方面的努力。这样一个中心对于促进药物经济学研究和培训该领域的医疗保健专业人员是必要的。
