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        <journal-title>American Journal of Pharmacy and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2321-3647</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPHR304008</article-id>
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        <article-title>A Cross- Sectional Investigation on Patients Demand for Rational Medical Health Care in Kalanaur Town of Haryana, India</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Chhokar</surname>
            <given-names>Seema</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Goyal</surname>
            <given-names>Anjali</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Shashikant</surname>
            <given-names>Shashikant</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kumar</surname>
            <given-names>Rajesh</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Gilhotra</surname>
            <given-names>Neeraj</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124001, Haryana, India.</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2015-04-01">
        <month>04</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2015</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
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        <p>The aim of the study was household’s survey to evaluate the families’ knowledge and communication with health provider in Kalanaur town of Haryana, India. A cross-sectional, pre and post-study was conducted using a set of 500 household interview questionnaires in Kalanaur town, Haryana, India. The majority of respondents were female 61.6% and 38.4% were male. Primary to high education level 49.8%, 42% had high to graduation level and 8.2% had post graduate. Families monthly income 1000-5000 (45.2%), 5000-1000 (23%), &gt;10000 (31.8%). Prevalence of acute illness in families were headache 39.4%, cold 27.6%, cough 22.8%, fever 10.4%, diarrhea 0.2%, skin problems 0.4%, Prevalence of chronic condition was 67.4 %. Family monthly expenditure on medicines 100-500 (pre-intervention 46.2%, post intervention 55%), 500-1000 (pre-intervention 27%, post-intervention33.2%),1000-5000 (pre-intervention 24.6%, post-intervention 10%), &gt; 5000 (pre-intervention2.2%, post-intervention 1.8%), families visited more health facility on the same day for the treatment (pre-intervention 12.6%, post-intervention 6.4%), families do not return to the same health facility if they do not feel better within the time they expected (pre-intervention 27.8%, post-intervention 17.2%), families inform the prescriber/dispenser about the medicines they were using currently (pre-intervention 90.6%, post-intervention 95.6%). Families asked side effect of prescribed medicines (pre-intervention 64%, post-intervention 74.6%), families asked how and when to take medicines (pre-intervention and post-intervention 100%), asked the prescriber/dispenser where to store medicines at home (pre-intervention 13.2%, post-intervention 19%). Focus for an effective public education to improve medicines utilization.</p>
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        <kwd>Household</kwd>
        <kwd>health provider</kwd>
        <kwd>Communication</kwd>
        <kwd>Intervention.</kwd>
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