Determinants of adverse reactions to first-line antitubercular medicines: a prospective cohort studyInforma UK Limited - Tập 16 - Trang 1-10 - 2023
Richard Delali Agbeko Djochie, Berko Panyin Anto, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo
The success of tuberculosis treatment relies on patients adhering to their medication regimen consistently. However, adherence levels tend to decrease among patients who experience adverse drug reactions to antitubercular medications, leading to suboptimal treatment outcomes. Hence, this study aimed to examine the types, incidence rates, and severity of adverse reactions caused by first-line antit...... hiện toàn bộ
Comparison of medicines management strategies in insurance schemes in middle-income countries: four case studiesInforma UK Limited - Tập 10 - Trang 1-9 - 2017
Warren A. Kaplan, Paul G. Ashigbie, Mohamad I. Brooks, Veronika J. Wirtz
Many middle-income countries are scaling up health insurance schemes to provide financial protection and access to affordable medicines to poor and uninsured populations. Although there is a wealth of evidence on how high income countries with mature insurance schemes manage cost-effective use of medicines, there is limited evidence on the strategies used in middle-income countries. This paper com...... hiện toàn bộ
Consumers’ adverse drug event reporting via community pharmacists: three stakeholder perceptionInforma UK Limited - Tập 15 - Trang 1-10 - 2022
Tanattha Kitisopee, Jirunya Assanee, Bernard A. Sorofman, Suntaree Watcharadmrongkun
Adverse drug event (ADE) reporting is a significant process to increase consumer care and consumer safety associated with the use of medicines. An in-depth investigation into low ADE reporting by consumers and community pharmacists was undertaken to uncover interventions to improve reporting. In-depth interviewing of the three parties; consumers, pharmacists and employees of the Pharmacovigilance ...... hiện toàn bộ
Prescribing pattern of antibiotics by family physicians in primary health careInforma UK Limited - Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 1-9 - 2023
Karimi, Gholamali, Kabir, Kourosh, Farrokhi, Babak, Abbaszadeh, Effat, Esmaeili, Elham Davtalab, Khodamoradi, Farzad, Sarbazi, Ehsan, Azizi, Hosein
Irrational prescription of antibiotics is an ongoing global public health concern, leading to antibiotic resistance. Understanding the prescribing pattern of antibiotics is important to tackling mal-prescription and antibiotic resistance. We aimed to investigate the pattern and factors affecting outpatients’ antibiotic prescribing by family physicians in Primary Health Care (PHC). A cross-sectiona...... hiện toàn bộ
Longitudinal study of Good Pharmacy Practice roles covered at the annual world pharmacy congresses 2003–2019Informa UK Limited - Tập 15 - Trang 1-14 - 2022
Zuzana Kusynová, Hendrika A. van den Ham, Hubert G. M. Leufkens, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse
Globally accepted roles of pharmacists are described in the Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) standards, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in 2011. These standards provide a wide-ranging description of four main roles pharmacists fulfil. The global platform, where pertinent discussions around excellence and innovation in various pharm...... hiện toàn bộ