Medicine availability and affordability for paediatric cancers, China
Access to essential anticancer medicines for children remained suboptimal in China and varied across regions. Fewer than half the medicines studied had both good availability and affordability. Actions are warranted to address potential shortages and decrease the financial burden on families.
Authors
- Huangqianyu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8744-0276)
- Lin Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0220-6825)
- Sumit Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-3670)
- Xiaodong Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1290-3827)
- Avram Denburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0039-0742)
- Tao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0879-1850)
- Luwen Shi
Institutions
- Peking University (CN)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.24.291640
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- National Natural Science Foundation of China