Pharmacy Service Quality and GPP Compliance Survey in Punjab, Pakistan, 2024

A survey of 598 community pharmacies (Point of Sale) in Punjab, Pakistan, conducted between July and September 2024. The data was collected by Jamshaid Akbar using a self-designed questionnaire to evaluate adherence to Good Pharmacy Practice guidelines. It covers demographics, technology, infrastructure, dispensing practices, and storage conditions.

Use Cases

• Compare pharmacy service quality based on license type (e.g., Category A) mentioned in the description.
• Analyze the correlation between the presence of a Qualified Person (QP) and compliance scores.
• Assess technology adoption (e.g., computerized systems) and its link to dispensing practices.
• Evaluate storage condition compliance (e.g., temperature monitoring) across different pharmacy setups.

Strengths

• Includes 598 surveyed pharmacies, providing a substantial sample size.
• Data collection spanned two months (July-September 2024), offering a defined temporal snapshot.
• Survey design covered five key sections, suggesting a multi-faceted assessment of pharmacy practice.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 136.1 KB file size indicates a tiny dataset with limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Descriptive cross-sectional study using a self-designed questionnaire and convenience sampling.

Time Range

2024-07-20 to 2024-09-20

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 07:31:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Punjab, Pakistan