Title: Quantifying the impoverishing effects of purchasing medicines : a cross-country comparison of the affordability of medicines in the developing world

Authors: Niëns, Laurens M.

Place: [San Francisco, CA etc.

Publisher: Public library of science (PLoS) medicine]

Year: 2010

Journal: PLoS medicine

Volume: Vol. 7, Issue 8

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: medical care, essential drugs, health economics, developing countries

Abstract: In low and middle income countries (LMICs), medicines are often highly priced in relation to income levels. This article presents the results of a cross-country analysis of the affordability of four medicines in 16 LMICs.

URL: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000333?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosmedicine%2FNewArticles+%28PLoS+Medicine%3A+New+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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