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Using Automated Pharmacy Records to Assess the Management of Tuberculosis

Girish S. Subramanyan,* Deborah S. Yokoe,* Sharon Sharnprapai,† Edward Nardell,† Eugene McCray,‡ and Richard Platt*§

*Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; †Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA; ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; §Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA


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Figure 2. Appropriateness of the amount of antituberculosis medications dispensed and the timeliness of medication refills. Percentage of standard regimen dispensed is plotted against percentage of days without antituberculosis medication for tuberculosis cases treated in the health maintenance organization.


 

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