Improving private pharmacy practice
| Autor: | Torkel Falkenberg, Nguyen T. Do, Vinod K. Diwan, Mattias Larsson, Göran Tomson, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Sexually transmitted disease
medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology business.industry Psychological intervention Respiratory infection Pharmacy law.invention Randomized controlled trial law Emergency medicine Physical therapy Medicine Pharmacy practice Medical prescription business Antibacterial agent |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 55:1148-1155 |
| ISSN: | 0895-4356 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0895-4356(02)00458-4 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to assess the effects of a multicomponent intervention on private pharmacy practice. From 641 private pharmacies in Hanoi, 68 pharmacies were randomly selected and matched into 34 pairs. Each pair consisted of a control and an intervention pharmacy. Three interventions were applied sequentially: Regulatory enforcement, Education, and Peer influence. Four tracer conditions were selected: uncomplicated acute respiratory infection (ARI), sexually transmitted disease (STD), requesting the prescription-only drugs prednisolone, and a short course of cefalexin. Practice was assessed through the Simulated Client Method (SCM). The intervention pharmacies improved significantly compared to the control pharmacies (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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