Patients' views on the UK policy of prescription charges-Insights from qualitative interviews

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-354

  Schafheutle, Ellen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to medication; Co payments; Health policy; Patients' views; Prescription charges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRESCRIPTION FEES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049097001     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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