Overprescribing in China, driven by financial incentives, results in very high use of antibiotics, injections, and corticosteroids.

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Published in Health Aff (Millwood) on May 01, 2012

Authors

Yongbin Li1, Jing Xu, Fang Wang, Bin Wang, Liqun Liu, Wanli Hou, Hong Fan, Yeqing Tong, Juan Zhang, Zuxun Lu

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1: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. liyongbin2002@hotmail.com

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