Table 1 Number of medicines included in previous national essential medicines lists[12]
From: National Essential Medicines List and policy practice: A case study of China’s health care reform
Edition | 1982 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western medicine | 278 | 699 | 740 | 770 | 759 | 773 | 205 |
Chinese traditional medicine | 0 | 1699 | 1333 | 1249 | 1242 | 1260 | 102 |
Total | 278 | 2398 | 2073 | 2019 | 2001 | 2033 | 307 |