Widening Consumer Access to Medicines through Switching Medicines to Non-Prescription: A Six Country Comparison

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Widening Consumer Access to Medicines through Switching Medicines to Non-Prescription: A Six Country Comparison

Background: Switching or reclassifying medicines with established safety profiles from prescription to non-prescription aims to increase timely consumer access to medicines, reduce under-treatment and enhance self-management. However, risks include suboptimal therapy and adverse effects. With a long...

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Main Authors:	Gauld, N., Kelly, F., Kurosawa, N., Bryant, L., Emmerton, Lynne, Buetow, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43220

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