Non-prescription sale of antibiotics and service quality in community pharmacies in Guangzhou, China: A simulated client method.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the situation of the non-prescription sale of antibiotics and the service quality of community pharmacies in Guangzhou, China.

Methods

A simulated client method was conducted to estimate the non-prescription sale of antibiotics and service quality based on scenarios about adult acute upper respiratory tract infection in 2019. A total of 595 community pharmacies from 11 districts were investigated in Guangzhou, China. We used binary logistic regression to evaluate the factors associated with the non-prescription sale of antibiotics.

Results

The proportion of non-prescription dispensing of antibiotics was 63.1% in Guangzhou, China, with a higher incidence of antibiotic dispensing without prescription in outer districts (69.3%). Cephalosporin (44.1%)

SUBMITTER: Kuang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728288 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature