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

For 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...

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Main Authors:	Miller, Rosalind, Das, Jishnu, Pai, Madhukar
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	TUBERCULOSIS PHARMACIES ANTIBIOTICS DETECTION HEALTH CARE ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE DIAGNOSIS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29447

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spelling	okr-10986-294472021-05-25T10:54:34Z Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies : Mystery Clients Offer New Insights Miller, Rosalind Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar TUBERCULOSIS PHARMACIES ANTIBIOTICS DETECTION HEALTH CARE ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE DIAGNOSIS For 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. 2018-03-08T21:51:20Z 2018-03-08T21:51:20Z 2018-01 Journal Article Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 2405-5794 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29447 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India
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description	For 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.
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author	Miller, Rosalind Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar
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title	Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies : Mystery Clients Offer New Insights
title_short	Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies : Mystery Clients Offer New Insights
title_full	Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies : Mystery Clients Offer New Insights
title_fullStr	Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies : Mystery Clients Offer New Insights
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Quality of Tuberculosis Care by Indian Pharmacies : Mystery Clients Offer New Insights

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