Access to Essential Medicines in Pakistan: Policy and Health Systems Research Concerns
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Access to Essential Medicines in Pakistan: Policy and Health Systems Research Concerns
INTRODUCTION Inadequate access to essential medicines is a common issue within developing countries. Policy response is constrained, amongst other factors, by a dearth of in-depth country level evidence. We share here i) gaps related to access to essential medicine in Pakistan; and ii) prioritization of emerging policy and research concerns. METHODS An exploratory research was carried out usi...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063515