Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study

India's total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here we aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing practices of pharmacies for standardized patients with presumed and confirmed tuberculosis in India...

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Main Authors:	Satyanarayana, Srinath, Kwan, Ada, Daniels, Benjamin, Subbaraman, Ramnath, McDowell, Andrew, Bergkvist, Sofi, Das, Ranendra K., Das, Veena, Das, Jishnu, Pai, Madhukar
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2019
Subjects:	TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE DISEASE CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHARMACIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31374

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spelling	okr-10986-313742021-05-25T10:54:37Z Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study Satyanarayana, Srinath Kwan, Ada Daniels, Benjamin Subbaraman, Ramnath McDowell, Andrew Bergkvist, Sofi Das, Ranendra K. Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE DISEASE CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHARMACIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES India's total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here we aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing practices of pharmacies for standardized patients with presumed and confirmed tuberculosis in India. In this cross-sectional study in the three Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, and Patna, we developed two standardized patient cases: first, a patient presenting with 2–3 weeks of pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms (Case 1); and second, a patient with microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (Case 2). 2019-03-12T16:52:45Z 2019-03-12T16:52:45Z 2016-11 Journal Article The Lancet Infectious Diseases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31374 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE DISEASE CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHARMACIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES
spellingShingle	TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBIOTIC ABUSE DISEASE CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASE PHARMACIES HEALTH CARE SERVICES Satyanarayana, Srinath Kwan, Ada Daniels, Benjamin Subbaraman, Ramnath McDowell, Andrew Bergkvist, Sofi Das, Ranendra K. Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study
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description	India's total antibiotic use is the highest of any country. Patients often receive prescription-only drugs directly from pharmacies. Here we aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing practices of pharmacies for standardized patients with presumed and confirmed tuberculosis in India. In this cross-sectional study in the three Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, and Patna, we developed two standardized patient cases: first, a patient presenting with 2–3 weeks of pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms (Case 1); and second, a patient with microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (Case 2).
format	Journal Article
author	Satyanarayana, Srinath Kwan, Ada Daniels, Benjamin Subbaraman, Ramnath McDowell, Andrew Bergkvist, Sofi Das, Ranendra K. Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar
author_facet	Satyanarayana, Srinath Kwan, Ada Daniels, Benjamin Subbaraman, Ramnath McDowell, Andrew Bergkvist, Sofi Das, Ranendra K. Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar
author_sort	Satyanarayana, Srinath
title	Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short	Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full	Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr	Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed	Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort	use of standardised patients to assess antibiotic dispensing for tuberculosis by pharmacies in urban india : a cross-sectional study
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31374
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Use of Standardised Patients to Assess Antibiotic Dispensing for Tuberculosis by Pharmacies in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional Study

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