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Impact of abolishing prescription fees in Scotland on hospital admissions and prescribed medicines: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Andrew James WilliamsWilliam HenleyJohn Frank
Published in: BMJ open (2018)
This study did not find sufficient evidence that universal free prescriptions was a demonstrably effective or ineffective policy, in terms of reducing hospital admissions or reducing socioeconomic inequality in hospital admissions, in the context of a universal, publicly administered medical care system, the National Health Service of Scotland.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
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