Medicines and universal health coverage:Challenges and opportunities

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Bigdeli, Maryam ^a   Laing, Richard ^b   Tomson, Göran ^c   Babar, Zaheer Ud Din ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG; GENERIC DRUG;

DRUG QUALITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84983120377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20523211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40545-015-0028-4     Document Type: Editorial

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