论文信息 - Availability of essential medicines in Ethiopia: an efficiency‐equity trade‐off?

Availability of essential medicines in Ethiopia: an efficiency‐equity trade‐off?

Objective To investigate the availability and cost of essential medicines in health centres in rural Ethiopia, and to explore if the fee waiver system protects patients from having to pay for medicines.

M. Lagarde | N. Palmer | A. Tesfaye | Barbara S. Carasso

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