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Medicine Accessibility

Medicine Accessibility is a construct in public health that denotes the degree to which individuals can obtain essential medicines in a timely, affordable, and equitable manner, distinguished from related constructs by its focus on the availability, geographic reach, and financial feasibility of medicine procurement within health systems.

103

Publications

3.6K

Citations

366

Authors

214

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

44

Variants

Pharmaceutical Accessibility

Parents

Publications

103

Concept of essential medicines and rational use in public health

Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan, GuruPrasad Mohanta · Indian Journal of Community Medicine · 2010 · 174 citations · Full text

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Ongoing Initiatives to Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Medicine Use within the Public Healthcare System in South Africa; A Preliminary Study

Johanna C. Meyer, Natalie Schellack, Jacobus Stokes et al. · Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2017 · 174 citations · Full text

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Unaffordable drug prices: the major cause of non-compliance with hypertension medication in Ghana.

Ohene Buabeng K, Lloyd Matowe, Jacob Plange‐Rhule · PubMed · 2004 · 131 citations

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Preparedness for delivering non-communicable disease services in primary care: access to medicines for diabetes and hypertension in a district in south India

Maya Annie Elias, Manoj Kumar Pati, Praveenkumar Aivalli et al. · BMJ Global Health · 2018 · 121 citations · Full text

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Role of Traditional Medicine in Primary Health Care: An Overview of Perspectives and Challenging

Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) · 2010 · 116 citations · Full text

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Authors

366

  1. FD
    Francisco de Assis Acúrcio

    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

    4 publications · 181 citations

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  2. SN
    Silvana Nair Leite

    Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

    4 publications · 185 citations

    4

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  3. RL
    Richard Laing

    Boston University, United States

    4 publications · 93 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. AA
    Augusto Afonso Guerra

    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

    4 publications · 181 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. VJ
    Veronika J. Wirtz

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 81 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 366

Institutions

214

  1. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    436 citations

  2. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    791 citations

  3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Brazil

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    310 citations

  4. Universidade de Brasília

    Brasília, Brazil

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    238 citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    146 citations

  6. Instituto de Saúde

    São Paulo, Brazil

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    209 citations

  7. Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    166 citations

  8. Universidade Federal da Bahia

    Salvador, Brazil

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    252 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    6 publications · 196 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 196 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. Revista de Saúde Pública

    RSP · 4 publications · 238 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 3 publications · 48 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

    JoPPP · 3 publications · 40 citations

    3

    h-index

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