Different impacts of the zero-markup drug policy on county general and traditional Chinese medicine hospitals: evidence from Shandong province, China

Abstract Background As a key part of the new round of health reform, the zero-markup drug policy (ZMDP) removed the profit margins of drug sales at public health care facilities, and had some effects to the operation of these institutions. This study aims to assess whether the ZMDP has different imp...

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Main Authors: Xiaofeng Jiang, Ping He, Dawei Zhu, Xuefeng Shi, Qingyue Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01326-w