Availability, prices and affordability of essential medicines for children: a cross-sectional survey in Jiangsu Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

China has undertaken several initiatives to improve the accessibility of safe and effective medicines for children. The aim was to determine the availability, price and affordability of essential medicines for children.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Six cities of Jiangsu Province, China.

Participants

30 public hospitals and 30 retail pharmacies.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The WHO/Health Action International standardised methodology was used to collect the availability and price data for 40 essential medicines for children. Availability was measured as the percentage of drug outlets per sector where the individual medicine was found on the day of data collection, and prices were measured as median price ratios (MPRs). Afford

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196968 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature