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

• Main Authors: Dr. Yu Fang, PhD (Author), Anita K Wagner, DrPH (Author), Shimin Yang, BS (Author), Minghuan Jiang, MS (Author), Fang Zhang, PhD (Author), Dennis Ross-Degnan, ScD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 policie...