Does self-medication reduce medical expenditure among the middle-aged and elderly population? A four-wave longitudinal study in China.

Front Public Health · 2022 · PMC9874163 · PMID 36711405

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Although we used CPI to eliminate the effect of inflation, medical expenditure showed an increasing trend over the years.

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