Substance misuse of gabapentin.
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national, even international, financial crises. The introduction of a co-payment system would simply maximise inequity, burdening especially those who already pay as a proportion of their income, themost for their health care, often for the management of chronic conditions. Raising co-payments in proportion with people’s income (in three or more levels) could be a sensible choice, but there is the risk that many ‘rich’ and also ‘not-so-rich’ people will not use the NHS, choosing instead some ‘low cost’ (that is almost the same of co-payment or little more) private poli-specialistic services, as the ones now growing in Italy.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 62 601 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012