Table 1.
Example of tree-coding.
| Theme | Strenght | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Code 1 | Standardize medicine price and reduce price variability | |
| Subcodes | Similar price across all facilities | All facilities will have similar price for the medicine |
| Similar bonuses and discount | Pharmaceutical industries apply same bonuses and discount to health care providers | |
| Remove tier pricing | Selling price to retailers and practitioners will be the same regardless of purchased volume | |
| Fair prices across all facilities | All facilities will get the medicines at the same price from the pharmaceutical industries | |
| Prevent mark-up by certain facilities | Facilities will not be able to put high mark-up on medicines | |
| Reduce price variability | Medicine price become standard across all facilities | |
| Code 2 | Provide reference price to consumer and health care providers | |
| Subcodes | Reference price for healthcare providers | Healthcare providers will have a reference in setting the market price for consumer |
| Reference price for consumer | Consumers will have a reference on medicine price | |
| Allow the practice of price comparison | Allow consumer to compare price across different facilities | |
| Prevent over-charge of medicine price | Prevent consumer from being over-charge by their health care providers or prevent facilities to over-charge their consumer | |
| Would help to explain the cost of medicines | Reference price would explain the price charged to consumers | |