Spatial Differentiation of Prices in the Russian Pharmaceutical Market in the Covid-19 Pandemic

The article presents the results of a study of a pandemic on the usual differentiation of price drugs in Russia. It is determined that the pandemic led to a significant increase in consumption and values in the first months of the regime. It was found that in the context of a pandemic in 90,6% of the studied regional markets, an increase in the level of differentiation of prices for medicines compared to 2019. It was revealed that the greatest volatility of prices for medicines was observed in the St. Petersburg market. The grouping of regional markets according to the level of spatial differentiation of prices for medicines in a pandemic showed that the group with the maximum volatility of prices for medicines was formed by four regions: Saint Petersburg, the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Republic of Khakassia and the Republic of Tatarstan.

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