The Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) today presented the study of the second phase of the Spending Review 'Hospital spending of the National Health System: Pharmacy and Investment in capital goods', in which pharmaceutical spending is analysed, reviewed and evaluated cost and investment in high-tech capital goods in the Spanish hospitals of the National Health System (SNS) during the years between 2002 and 2018. In its evaluation, AIReF proposes efficiency improvements in hospital pharmacy spending , more planning and greater investment in high technology and advances in the coordination of public administrations to improve equity.