Xiao, Yue; Zhao, Kun; Bishai, David M.; Peters, David H. - In: Social Science & Medicine 93 (2013) C, pp. 220-228
In 2009 the government of China identified an essential drugs policy as one of five priority areas for health system reform. Since then, a national essential drugs policy has been defined, along with plans to implement it. As a large scale social intervention, the policy will have a significant...