Time trends and determinants of pharmaceutical expenditure in China (1990-2009)

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Shi, Lizheng ^a,b   Yang, Heidi Y ^b   Cheng, Gang ^a   Meng, Qingyue ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST CONTROL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG QUALITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE; ECONOMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS;

CHINA; DRUG COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896274438     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-013-0072-3     Document Type: Article

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