Measuring access to medicines: A review of quantitative methods used in household surveys

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Paniz, Vera Maria V ^a,b   Fassa, Anaclaudia G ^a   Maia, Maria De Ftima S ^a   Domingues, Marlos R ^a   Bertoldi, Andréa D ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 77952677234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-146     Document Type: Article

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