The Financial Impact of the ‘Zero-Markup Policy for Essential Drugs’ on Patients in County Hospitals in Western Rural China

• Zhongliang Zhou ,

  ¶‡ Zhongliang Zhou and Yanfang Su are joint first authors.

  Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

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• Yanfang Su ,

  * E-mail: yanfangsu@mail.harvard.edu,

  ¶‡ Zhongliang Zhou and Yanfang Su are joint first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Benjamin Campbell,

  Affiliation Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Zhiying Zhou,

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, China

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• Jianmin Gao,

  Affiliation School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

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• Qiang Yu,

  Affiliation Ankang Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Ankang, China

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• Jiuhao Chen,

  Affiliation Ningshan County Hospital, Shaanxi, China

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• Yishan Pan

  Affiliation Zhenping County Hospital, Shaanxi, China

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