Disparity in socio-economic status explains the pattern of self-medication of antibiotics in India: understanding from game-theoretic perspective.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of antimicrobial resistance has raised great concern for public health in many lower-income countries including India. Socio-economic determinants like poverty, health expenditure and awareness accelerate this emergence by influencing individuals' attitudes and healthcare practices such as self-medication. This self-medication practice is highly prevalent in many countries, where antibiotics are available without prescriptions. Thus, complex dynamics of drug- resistance driven by economy, human behaviour, and disease epidemiology poses a serious threat to the community, which has been less emphasized in prior studies. Here, we formulate a game-theoretic model of human choices in self-medication integrating economic growth and disease transmission processes. We show tha

SUBMITTER: Malik B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8826305 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature