Availability, price and affordability of insulin, delivery devices and self-monitoring blood glucose devices in Indonesia.

Insulin is essential for the survival of people with type 1 diabetes and for better management of people with type 2 diabetes. People with diabetes using insulin also require self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) devices (e.g.

The Impact of Pharmaceutical Policies on Medicine Procurement Pricing in Indonesia Under the Implementation of Indonesia's Social Health Insurance System.

Background: Indonesia's social health insurance (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, JKN) has been implemented since 2014. To support medicine provision, the government launched policies reform on medicine pricing, procurement and reimbursement; hence, the system might affect medicine prices in the country.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of the pharmaceutical policies reforms on medicine procurement prices.

Simulated medication errors: A means of evaluating healthcare professionals' knowledge and understanding of medication safety.

Objective: To determine multi-disciplinary perceptions of the clinical significance of medication errors (MEs), the responsible health professional(s), the contributing factors and potential preventive strategies.

Methods: The five simulated ME cases represented errors from five wards at a children's hospital in Australia. Pre-determined answers for each case were developed through consensus among the researchers.

The difference in pharmacists' interventions across the diverse settings in a children's hospital.

Aims: This study aimed to document and compare the nature of clinical pharmacists' interventions made in different practice settings within a children's hospital.

Methods: The primary investigator observed and documented all clinical interventions performed by clinical pharmacists for between 35-37 days on each of the five study wards from the three practice settings, namely general medical, general surgical and hematology-oncology. The rates, types and significance of the pharmacists' interventions in the different settings were compared.