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Quantifying the Impoverishing Effects of Purchasing Medicines: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Affordability of Medicines in the Developing World

BACKGROUND: Increasing attention is being paid to the affordability of medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs) where medicines are often highly priced in relation to income levels. The impoverishing effect of medicine purchases can be estimated by determining pre- and postpayme...

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Autores principales: Niëns, Laurens M., Cameron, Alexandra, Van de Poel, Ellen, Ewen, Margaret, Brouwer, Werner B. F., Laing, Richard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2930876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20824175
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000333