Improving access to medicines for rural poor in Tumkur, India
Not Applicable
Completed
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/03/005640
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute of Public Health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1187
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
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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