Access to medicines versus access to treatment: The case of type 1 diabetes

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 648-649

  Beran, David ^a   McCabe, Ariane ^b   Yudkina, John S ^a  

^a International Insulin Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIABETES; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

AFRICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DRUG COSTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; DRUGS, GENERIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48749108721     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.048710     Document Type: Short Survey

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