Price and affordability of key essential medicines for children in Sri Lanka, a lower-middle-income country: comparison of two national cross-sectional surveys done 8 years apart

Price and affordability of key essential medicines for children in Sri Lanka, a lower-middle-income country: comparison of two national cross-sectional surveys done 8 years apart

Objective To describe the price and affordability of key essential medicines for children in the private sector in Sri Lanka in 2017/2018, and compare the findings with 2009 data.Design National cross-sectional descriptive survey using the WHO/Health Action International medicine price methodology.S...

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Main Authors:	Shalini Sri Ranganathan, Thiyahiny Sunil Navaratinaraja, Ramasamy Balasubramaniam, Hemantha Beneragama
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2023-02-01
Series:	BMJ Open
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e069733.full

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