The effect of the national essential medicines policy on health expenditures and service delivery in Chinese township health centres: Evidence from a longitudinal study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Wu, Qunhong ^a   Liu, Guoxiang ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Gao, Lijun ^a   Guo, Bin ^a   Fu, Wenqi ^a   Hao, Yanhua ^a   Cui, Yu ^a   Huang, Weidong ^a   Coyte, Peter C ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84920512219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006471     Document Type: Article

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