The potential role of patent and proprietary medicine vendors’ associations in improving the quality of services in Nigeria’s drug shops
Abstract Background Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) play a major role in Nigeria’s health care delivery but regulation and monitoring of their practice needs appreciable improvement to ensure they deliver quality services. Most PPMVs belong to associations which may be useful in impr...
Main Authors: | Abisoye S. Oyeyemi, Oladimeji Oladepo, Adedayo O. Adeyemi, Musibau A. Titiloye, Sarah M. Burnett, Iorwakwagh Apera |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05379-z |
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