From the city to the bush: Increases in patient co-payments for medicines have impacted on medicine use across Australia
Aim: To determine whether the national declines in prescription medicine use occurring after the 2005 21% increase in co-payments affected all areas of Australia or were specific to remote and disadvantaged areas. Methods: Observed dispensing of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and statins were obtaine...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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CSIRO Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18814 |