Deregulation of sale of over-the-counter drugs outside of pharmacies in the Republic of Korea: interrupted-time-series analysis of outpatient visits before and after the policy

Deregulation of sale of over-the-counter drugs outside of pharmacies in the Republic of Korea: interrupted-time-series analysis of outpatient visits before and after the policy

Abstract Background We evaluated the effectiveness of a policy allowing for the sale of over-the-counter drugs outside of pharmacies by examining its effect on number of monthly outpatient visits for acute upper respiratory infections, dyspepsia, and migraine. Method We used medical claims data extr...

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Main Authors: Sung-Youn Chun, Hye-Ki Park, Kyu-Tae Han, Woorim Kim, Hyo-Jung Lee, Eun-Cheol Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Pharmacy
Policy
Korea
Nonprescription drugs
Outpatients
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2434-6

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