China Expands Grassroots Clinic Prescribing As Cardiovascular Epidemic Looms
Executive Summary
In fresh move to reduce reliance on large hospitals to combat the challenge of chronic diseases, China is to allow community clinics to dispense the same drugs as larger hospitals, just as a new Harvard report projects an epidemic of heart disease and stroke in the country.
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