Enhancing tuberculosis case notifications through mapping sales of medicine in the private sector: a quasi-experimental study in Punjab province, Pakistan - Kirubi, Beatrice; Eman, Kinz Ul; Lodhi, Usman R.; Fatima, Razia K.; Kazi, Ghulam Nabi; Tahmeena, Tahmeena; Shah, Syed Karam; Creswell, Jacob (BMC health services research, 2025)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Antitubercular Agents - economics; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Case notification; Cost reduction; Disease Notification - statistics & numerical data; Diseases; Documentation; Drug stores; Drug therapy; Drugs; Female; Health surveillance; Humans; Intervention; Male; Mapping; Medical records; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Middle Aged; Pakistan; Pakistan - epidemiology; Pharmacies; Physiological aspects; Prescribing; Private medical care; Private pharmacies; Private provider engagement (PPE); Private Sector; Profits; Prospective Studies; Quasi-experimental methods; Reporting; Sales; Sentinel health events; Testing; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Young Adult; Pakistan; Punjab Pakistan; Pakistan; Private provider engagement (PPE); Drug quantification; Mapping; Private pharmacies; Case notification; Private sector