Why does each survey medicine have a specific dosage form and strength when multiple forms and strengths are available?
Each survey medicine must have a specific dosage form and strength so that the data collected at individual medicine outlets is comparable and the analysis is comparing like with like. This has to be borne in mind when analyzing the availability data; a medicine might not have been available in the dosage form/strength collected in the survey, but may have been available in an alternate dosage form/strength. To address this issue, the manual recommends that if a core medicine is available in a different dosage form/strength, the alternate should be included as a supplementary medicine.
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