Full coverage for hypertension drugs in rural communities in China

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yu, Baorong ^a   Zhang, Xiaojuan ^b   Wang, Guijing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION   (China)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHINA; DRUG COSTS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84875181766     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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