Improving access to medicines for rural poor in Tumkur, India

Conditions

None listed

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Interventions

Intervention1: Health services optimisation in PHCs: Intervention PHCs will be offered a package consisting of training and technical support to health staffs (PHC Medical officers, pharmacists and AN

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Any household who self-report a household member with Diabetes and/or Hypertension, who consent to participate in the study after going through the information package provided in local language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Total health expenditure, out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines by patients with NCDs, proportion of NCD patients registered in PHC, outpatient consultation for NCDs and improved compliance and repeat visits by patients with NCDsTimepoint: Total health expenditure, out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines by patients with NCDs, proportion of NCD patients registered in PHC, outpatient consultation for NCDs and improved compliance and repeat visits by patients with NCDs	—

Measure

Time frame

Total health expenditure, out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines by patients with NCDs, proportion of NCD patients registered in PHC, outpatient consultation for NCDs and improved compliance and repeat visits by patients with NCDsTimepoint: Total health expenditure, out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines by patients with NCDs, proportion of NCD patients registered in PHC, outpatient consultation for NCDs and improved compliance and repeat visits by patients with NCDs

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Average consultation time for NCDs at PHCs, Average duration of stock-outs of medicines at PHC, Proportion of NCD medicines of acceptable (IP) quality at PHC and private pharmaciesTimepoint: 2013, 2015	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPrashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas

Institute of Public Health Bangalore

prashanthns@iphindia.org918026421929

Outcome results