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Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies: Mystery Clients Offer New Insights

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Rosalind
dc.contributor.authorDas, Jishnu
dc.contributor.authorPai, Madhukar
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-08T21:51:20Z
dc.date.available2018-03-08T21:51:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractFor many patients in India, pharmacies are their first point of contact, where most drugs, including antibiotics, can be purchased over-the-counter (OTC). Recent standardized (simulated) patient studies, covering four Indian cities, provide new insights on how Indian pharmacies manage patients with suspected or known tuberculosis. Correct management of the simulated patients ranged from 13% to 62%, increasing with the certainty of the TB diagnosis. Antibiotics were frequently dispensed OTC to patients, with 16% to 37% receiving such drugs across the cases. On a positive note, these studies showed that no pharmacy dispensed first-line anti-TB drugs. Engagement of pharmacies is important to not only improve TB detection and care, but also limit the abuse of antibiotics.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29447
dc.identifier.issn2405-5794
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29447
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectTUBERCULOSIS
dc.subjectPHARMACIES
dc.subjectANTIBIOTICS
dc.subjectDETECTION
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectANTIBIOTIC ABUSE
dc.subjectDIAGNOSIS
dc.titleQuality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmaciesen
dc.title.subtitleMystery Clients Offer New Insightsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579417300669 Journal website (version of record)en
okr.crossref.titleQuality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies: Mystery Clients Offer New Insights
okr.date.disclosure2018-03-08
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jctube.2017.11.002
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29447
okr.identifier.report125348
okr.journal.nbpages6-8
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health and Poverty
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Pharmaceuticals & Pharmacoeconomics
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Tuberculosis
okr.unitDECHD Human Development
okr.volume10
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