Sunjida Binta Ali

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1 Introduction Ensuring availability, affordability, accessibility, and appropriate use of quality medicines are essential for offering quality health services and preventing negative health consequences (Basak and Sathyanarayana, 2010; Al-Worafi, 2014). People depend on pharmacies for seeking healthcare due to flexible opening hours, shorter waiting time, convenience of access, and low price of medicines (Kafle et al., 1992; Saha and Hossain, 2017).