Availability and affordability of essential medicines for diabetes across high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective epidemiological study

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...

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Published in:The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Main Authors: Chow C.K.; Ramasundarahettige C.; Hu W.; AlHabib K.F.; Avezum A., Jr; Cheng X.; Chifamba J.; Dagenais G.; Dans A.; Egbujie B.A.; Gupta R.; Iqbal R.; Ismail N.; Keskinler M.V.; Khatib R.; Kruger L.; Kumar R.; Lanas F.; Lear S.; Lopez-Jaramillo P.; McKee M.; Mohammadifard N.; Mohan V.; Mony P.; Orlandini A.; Rosengren A.; Vijayakumar K.; Wei L.; Yeates K.; Yusoff K.; Yusuf R.; Yusufali A.; Zatonska K.; Zhou Y.; Islam S.; Corsi D.; Rangarajan S.; Teo K.; Gerstein H.C.; Yusuf S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lancet Publishing Group 2018
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055038515&doi=10.1016%2fS2213-8587%2818%2930233-X&partnerID=40&md5=28142c4ee81280efda5ce04cf8d034dd