Patient experiences of access to NCD medicines in Sri Lanka: Evidence of the success story towards universal coverage

Introduction: In Sri Lanka in 2013, 16 medicines were identified as priority to manage non-communicable disease (NCD), and in 2017, 48 NCD medicines were price-regulated. Objective: The aim of the present study was to describe the experiences on availability of drugs and out-of-pocket expenditure (O...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: BMR Fernandopulle, Nalika Gunawardena, SHP de Silva, Chinta Abayawardana, LK Hirimuthugoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Medicine Access @ Point of Care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2399202619873228