Use of standardised patents to assess antibiotic dispensing for tuberculosis by pharmacies in urban India: a cross-sectional study.

Cross-sectional study in the 3 Indian cities Delhi, Mumbai, and PatnaIndia

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 August 2016

• Country: India
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• Authors: Satyanarayana, S, Kwan, A, Daniels, B, Subbaraman, R, et all

Abstract

Aimed to assess the medical advice and drug dispensing practices of pharmacies for standardised patients with presumed and confirmed tuberculosis in India.

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

Citation

Srinath Satyanarayana, Ada Kwan, Benjamin Daniels, Ramnath Subbaraman, Andrew McDowell, Sofi Bergkvist, Ranendra K Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Das*, Madhukar Pai (2016) Use of standardised patients to assess antibiotic dispensing for tuberculosis by pharmacies in urban India:a cross-sectional study Lancet Infect Dis 2016; 16: 1261–68 Published Online August 24, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30215-8

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Use of standardised patents to assess antibiotic dispensing for tuberculosis by pharmacies in urban India: a cross-sectional study

Published 1 August 2016