A survey of the availability, prices and affordability of essential medicines in Jiangsu Province, China

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Xi, Xiaoyu ^a   Li, Weixia ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Zhu, Xuan ^a   Fu, Cong ^a   Wei, Xu ^a   Chu, Shuzhen ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHARMACY; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; PRIVATE SECTOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84940051099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1008-8     Document Type: Article

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