Economic Explanation on the Formation Mechanism of Chinese Residents’ Self-medication
10.7664/CHE20130701
- VernacularTitle:我国居民自我医疗形成机制的经济学解释
- Author:
Yuefeng LI
;
Qun MENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
self-medication;
formation mechanism;
economics
- From:
Chinese Health Economics
2013;(7):5-8
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In recent years, there is a rapid upward trend of Chinese residents’self-medication. It analyzes the formation mechanism of self-medication from three directions: inheritance mechanism, power mechanism and strengthening mechanism. It explains the cause of rapid rise of self-medication, and provides useful lessons for objective understanding of self-medication.