The financial impact of the 'Zero-Markup Policy for Essential Drugs' on patients in county hospitals in western rural China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Zhongliang ^a   Su, Yanfang ^b   Campbell, Benjamin ^c   Zhou, Zhiying ^d   Gao, Jianmin ^a   Yu, Qiang ^e   Chen, Jiuhao ^f   Pan, Yishan ^g  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Ankang Municipal Development and Reform Commission   (China)

^f Ningshan County Hospital   (China)

^g Zhenping County Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TREND STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925436628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121630     Document Type: Article

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