Ensuring patient access to essential medicines while minimizing harmful use: A revised world health organization tool to improve national drug control policy

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-251

  Gilson, Aaron M ^a   Maurer, Martha A ^a,b   Ryan, Karen M ^a,b   Skemp Brown, Marty ^a,b   Husain, Asra ^a,b   Cleary, James F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balance; Controlled substances; Policy; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG UTILIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 82155177443     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2011.599485     Document Type: Article

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