Journal article
Role of pharmaceutical care for self‐administered pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in Thailand
Abstract
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: With resource constraints in Thailand, directly observed therapy (DOT) for treating tuberculosis (TB) may not be feasible to implement. To improve patients' adherence, hospitals either modify DOT or adopt different approaches: pharmaceutical care or home visit. Our objective was to assess pulmonary TB treatment success rate of pharmaceutical care compared to home visit and modified DOT in Thailand.
METHODS: We …
Authors
Tanvejsilp P; Pullenayegum E; Loeb M; Dushoff J; Xie F
Journal
Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 337–344
Publisher
Hindawi
Publication Date
June 2017
DOI
10.1111/jcpt.12519
ISSN
0269-4727