The change of drug utilization in China's public healthcare institutions under the "4 + 7" centralized drug procurement policy: Evidence from a natural experiment in China

• Main Authors: Jiancheng Lu (Author), Hongfei Long (Author), Yuan Shen (Author), Jing Wang (Author), Xin Geng (Author), Ying Yang (Author), Zongfu Mao (Author), Jinghua Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Improving drug accessibility and rational drug use are major challenges for China's healthcare reform. In 2018, the Chinese government introduced a novel nationwide policy of centralized drug procurement for off-patent drugs, focusing on improving drug utilization patterns of public...