The price and affordability of essential medicines, progress and regional distribution in China: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Essential medicine is a vital component to assure universal access to quality healthcare. However, the trend of affordability to essential medicines in China and its regional differences were not yet fully understood. This study aimed to systematically evaluate the price and affordability of essential medicines, their progress, and regional distribution in China in the last decades. Methods: We searched seven databases and three websites for potentially eligible studies from inception until March 2022. Studies on the price and affordability of essential medicines investigated in China were included. Median and interquartile range (IQR) was used to describe the price and affordability of essential medicines, and compared in three periods, before 2009, from 2009 to

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195994 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature