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Access to Diagnostic Tests and Essential Medicines for Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes Care: Cost, Availability and Affordability in the West Region of Cameroon

OBJECTIVE: To assess the availability and affordability of medicines and routine tests for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes in the West region of Cameroon, a low-income setting. METHODS: A survey was conducted on the availability and cost of twelve routine tests and twenty medicines for CVD...

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Autores principales:	Jingi, Ahmadou M., Noubiap, Jean Jacques N., Ewane Onana, Arnold, Nansseu, Jobert Richie N., Wang, Binhuan, Kingue, Samuel, Kengne, André Pascal
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219782/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111812

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