Accessibility of Medicines for Children: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Accessibility of medicines for children is a matter of global concern. Medicines prescribed for children are often off-label. To formulate appropriate policies and undertake necessary interventions to improve access to medicines for children, it is necessary to evaluate the accessibility of medicines for children. However, there is no systematic review of the medicine accessibility for children. Methods: Relevant studies were identified through searching Pubmed, Embase, CNKI, Wanfang, VIP, World Health Organization website, and Health Action International website. Besides, the references of included studies as a supplementary search were read. We extracted the basic information of articles (the first author, published year, the name of journal, research institutio

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375435 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature