TY - GEN AU - Atienza Montero, Pedro AU - Hierro Recio, Luis Ángel AU - Garzón Gordon, Antonio José A4 - Economía General PY - 2026 SN - 1872-6054 SN - 0168-8510 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39375 AB - Background: Outpatient pharmaceutical tenders are not a widespread measure. In Spain, the sub-central government of the Andalusian region is the only Spanish health administration to have applied them. Objective: This work aims to evaluate the... LA - eng PB - Elsevier KW - Tenders KW - Pharmaceutical expenditure KW - Synthetic Control Method TI - The effectiveness of pharmaceutical tenders as a cost containment mechanism: analysis through the Synthetic Control Method. The case of Andalusia (Spain) DO - 10.1016/J.HEALTHPOL.2025.105481 ER -