The expected and unexpected benefits of dispensing the exact number of pills.

From November 2014 to November 2015, an experiment in French community pharmacies replaced traditional pre-packed boxes by per-unit dispensing of pills in the exact numbers prescribed, for 14 antibiotics.A cluster randomised control trial was carried out in 100 pharmacies. 75 pharmacies counted out...

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Main Authors: Carole Treibich, Sabine Lescher, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier, Bruno Ventelou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5604959?pdf=render