Impacts of national volume-based drug procurement policy on the utilization and costs of antihypertensive drugs in a Chinese medicine hospital: an interrupted time series analysis of 5138 patients

• Main Authors: Lili Shang (Author), Yan Cheng (Author), Jifang Zhou (Author), Yuqing Bao (Author), Desong Kong (Author), Ruijian Huang (Author), Yanfei Chen (Author), Hao Wang (Author), Ning Gu (Author), Aixia Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: The study aimed to estimate the effects of National Volume-based Drug Procurement (NVBP) policy on drug utilization and medical expenditures of hypertension patients in public medical institutions in mainland China.Methods: This study used patient-level data based on electronic health re...