From: Methods for implementing a medicine outlet survey: lessons from the anti-malarial market
Attribute | Role in AETD calculation | Notes |
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Generic name | Used to define the number of milligrams of active ingredient required for 1 AETD. | Also enables classification of medicines by different classes for analysis (e g, monotherapies vs combination therapies) |
Strength of active ingrediets | Taken together, strength and pack size are used to calculate how many milligrams of active ingredient are present in the medicine package. | Also enables classification of medicines, most notably used to flag first-line treatments, which are defined in terms of generic name and strength. |
Pack size | Â | Requires different definitions for tablet and non-tablet medicines. |
Is product a fixed dose combination? | One of these two attributes is required in order to establish the ratio of tablets in co-blistered medicines. This information is then used to modify the pack size value in the AETD calculation, if necessary. | Â |
Brand name | Â | Â |