An evaluation of the adequacy of Indian national and state essential medicines lists (EMLs) for palliative care medical needs—a comparative analysis
While Indian EMLs lack drugs for palliative care when compared with the IAHPC EML, symptom management is adequate. There is a need for countries with limited resources to modify the IAPHC list for their settings.
Authors
- Disha Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5695-2053)
- M. R. Rajagopal
- Siddhesh Zadey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1176-1529)
- Arunangshu Ghoshal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-2568)
- Divya Shrinivas
- Parth Sharma
Institutions
- Maulana Azad Medical College (IN)
- Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences (IN)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ecancermedicalscience
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2025.1837
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.90