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T1  - Medicines in health care in Finland 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/1975/980 
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A1  - Ovaskainen, Harri; Airaksinen, Marja; Närhi, Ulla 
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PB  - Suomen farmasialiitto 
Y1  - 2004 
LA  - en_US 
AB  - This article provides an overview of the role of medicines in Finnish health care, and the structure of pharmaceutical services. The major public health concerns will be briefly presented to give a gramework for understanding national drug consumption patterns. In this connection, the main principles of the public social insurance system covering the whole population and most of the prescription medications for chronic diseases will be discussed. The different actors in the drug distribution cha... 
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KW  - medicine; health care; pharmaceutical services; drug distribution chain; chronic diseases; drug policy 
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