Tuberculosis treatment in the private healthcare sector in India: an analysis of recent trends and volumes using drug sales data.

Nimalan ArinaminpathyDeepak BatraNilesh MaheshwariKishan SwaroopLokesh SharmaKuldeep Singh SachdevaSunil KhapardeRaghuram RaoDevesh GuptaBhavin VaderaSreenivas A NairKiran RadeSameer KumtaPuneet Dewan

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Our findings suggest consistent levels of TB treatment in the private sector over the past 4 years, while highlighting specific states that should be prioritized for intervention. Drug sales data can be helpful for monitoring a system as large, disorganised and opaque as India's private sector.

Keyphrases

healthcare
health insurance
mycobacterium tuberculosis
electronic health record
emergency department
big data
adverse drug
combination therapy
social media
hepatitis c virus