Access to affordable medicines after health reform: evidence from two cross-sectional surveys in Shaanxi Province, western China

Background: Limited access to essential medicines is a global problem. Improving availability and affordability of essential medicines is a key objective of the National Essential Medicine Policy (NEMP) in China. In its initial implementation in 2009, the NEMP targeted primary hospitals with polici...

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Main Authors: Dr. Yu Fang, PhD, Anita K Wagner, DrPH, Shimin Yang, BS, Minghuan Jiang, MS, Fang Zhang, PhD, Dennis Ross-Degnan, ScD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-10-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1370072X