Figures & data
Table 1 Characteristics of the private retail pharmacies in the DI Khan city, Pakistan
Fig. 1 Characteristics of pharmacies with longer duration of operation. Pharmacies with a longer duration of operation had higher staff number (p = 0.002) (a), higher number of more experienced staff in retail pharmacy (p = 0.000) (b), and the higher number of customers per day (p = 0.001) (c). The pharmacies with higher customer load reported to have higher number of presumptive TB patients (p = 0.000) (d). Significance was determined by using the Pearson’s correlation test
Table 2 Knowledge of the retail pharmacy staff about tuberculosis (TB) and correlation with the professional background and duration of working experience in the DI Khan city, Pakistan. Statistical significance is determined by using Fisher’s Exact test
Table 3 Practices of the retail pharmacy staff related to identification and referral of the presumptive tuberculosis (TB) patients and sale of anti-TB drugs in the DI Khan city, Pakistan