Journal article
Availability and affordability of essential medicines for diabetes across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective epidemiological study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Data are scarce on the availability and affordability of essential medicines for diabetes. Our aim was to examine the availability and affordability of metformin, sulfonylureas, and insulin across multiple regions of the world and explore the effect of these on medicine use.
METHODS: In the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, participants aged 35-70 years (n=156 625) were recruited from 110 803 households, in 604 …
Authors
Chow CK; Ramasundarahettige C; Hu W; AlHabib KF; Avezum A; Cheng X; Chifamba J; Dagenais G; Dans A; Egbujie BA
Journal
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Vol. 6, No. 10, pp. 798–808
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2018
DOI
10.1016/s2213-8587(18)30233-x
ISSN
2213-8587