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The Financial Impact of the ‘Zero-Markup Policy for Essential Drugs’ on Patients in County Hospitals in Western Rural China

OBJECTIVE: With a quasi-experimental design, this study aims to assess whether the Zero-markup Policy for Essential Drugs (ZPED) reduces the medical expense for patients at county hospitals, the major healthcare provider in rural China. METHODS: Data from Ningshan county hospital and Zhenping county...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Zhongliang, Su, Yanfang, Campbell, Benjamin, Zhou, Zhiying, Gao, Jianmin, Yu, Qiang, Chen, Jiuhao, Pan, Yishan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25790443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121630