Antibiotic Stewardship in Retail Pharmacies and the Access-Excess Challenge in China: A Policy Review

• Main Authors: Tingting Zhang (Author), Helen Lambert (Author), Linhai Zhao (Author), Rong Liu (Author), Xingrong Shen (Author), Debin Wang (Author), Christie Cabral (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In China, efforts to restrict excessive antibiotic consumption may prevent sufficient access to these life-saving drugs among the most deprived in society because of the weak primary health care system. This makes antibiotic stewardship in the retail pharmacy sector a particular challenge. We conduc...