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Tracing linkages between pharmaceutical incentivisation, antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial resistance in Pakistan

In: The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Muhammad Naveed Noor
  • Sadia Shakoor
  • Rumina Hasan

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This chapter is about tracing linkages between pharmaceutical incentivisation, antibiotic prescribing, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR has now become a critical global health challenge, as due to drug-resistant bacteria there could be a significant burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While there are several factors that contribute to the misuse of antibiotics, profit-led prescribing - a practice which arises when physicians prescribe medications to meet pharmaceutical targets without considering patients’ well-being - can be a significant source of antibiotic consumption in LMICs like Pakistan. In this chapter, we attempt to conceptualise profit-led prescribing, explore the reasons behind physicians’ engagement in it, and highlight how this practice may be contributing to AMR. Finally, we propose actions that may potentially be useful to address pharmaceutical incentivisation to physicians which may further lead to a reduction in antibiotic prescribing in Pakistan.

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  • Muhammad Naveed Noor & Sadia Shakoor & Rumina Hasan, 2025. "Tracing linkages between pharmaceutical incentivisation, antibiotic prescribing and antimicrobial resistance in Pakistan," Chapters, in: Susannah H. Mayhew & Michael Hammer (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals, chapter 19, pages 361-372, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21762_19
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