Persistent low adherence to hypertension treatment in Kyrgyzstan: How can we understand the role of drug affordability?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1384-1390

  Murphy, Adrianna ^a   Jakab, Melitta ^b   McKee, Martin ^a   Richardson, Erica ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access to medications; coarsened exact matching; health care equity; Kyrgyzstan; non communicable diseases; out of pocket payments

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85002828992     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw080     Document Type: Article

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