Survey profile
Syria, December 2003

Country name Syria
Date of first day of data collection   22 February 2004
International reference price data source and year MSH2002 
Name of local currency Syria Pound 
Exchange rate   1 US Dollar = 51.5 Syria Pound
Total number of medicines surveyed 27 
Daily salary of lowest paid unskilled government worker 100 Syria Pound


Sector surveyed Number of outlets/orders surveyed
Public sector procurement prices 
Public sector patient prices 
Private sector patient prices  57 
Private inpatient prices in public hospitals  43 

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