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Using Automated Pharmacy Records to Assess the Management of Tuberculosis

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: We used automated pharmacy dispensing data to characterize tuberculosis (TB) management for 45 health maintenance organization (HMO) members. Pharmacy records distinguished patients treated in HMOs from those treated elsewhere. For cases treated in HMOs, they provided useful information about appropriateness of prescribed regimens and adherence to therapy.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid0506.990607

Authors: Girish S. Subramanyan, Deborah S. Yokoe, Sharon Sharnprapai, Edward Nardell, Eugene McCray, Richard Platt