Journal article
Influences on the frequency and type of community pharmacy services
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Vol.57(1), pp.72-76.e1
01/01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2016.08.008
PMID: 27777075
Abstract
Objectives: To describe services provided by community pharmacies and to identify factors associated with services being provided in community pharmacies. Design: Cross-sectional national mail survey.
Setting and participants: Pharmacists actively practicing in community pharmacies (independent, chain, mass merchandisers, and supermarkets).
Outcome measures: Frequency and type of pharmacy services available in a community pharmacy, including medication therapy management, immunization, adjusting medication therapy, medication reconciliation, disease state management, health screening or coaching, complex nonsterile compounding, and point-of-care testing.
Results: With a 48.4% response rate, the survey showed that community pharmacies offered on average 3 of the 8 services studied. Pharmacy chains and supermarket pharmacies reported providing significantly more services than did mass merchandise pharmacies. The number of pharmacy services provided was positively associated with involvement in an interprofessional care team, innovativeness, and perceived workload. The number of pharmacy services was negatively correlated with having 3.5 or more pharmacy technicians on duty.
Conclusion: Pharmacy chains and supermarkets are providing the most pharmacy services among community pharmacy settings. The number of services provided was associated with innovativeness, technician staffing, and perceived workload. Also, involvement with an interprofessional care team supported greater service delivery. Community pharmacies vary in their provision of services beyond dispensing. (C) 2017 American Pharmacists Association (R). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Influences on the frequency and type of community pharmacy services
- Creators
- William R. Doucette - Univ Iowa, Coll Pharm, Dept Pharm Practice & Sci, 115 S Grand Ave, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAJulia J. Rippe - University of IowaCaroline A. Gaither - University of MinnesotaDavid H. Kreling - Univ Wisconsin, Sch Pharm, Div Social & Adm Sci, Madison, WI USADavid A. Mott - Univ Wisconsin, Sch Pharm, Div Social & Adm Sci, Madison, WI USAJon C. Schommer - University of Minnesota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Vol.57(1), pp.72-76.e1
- Publisher
- Amer Pharmaceutical Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.japh.2016.08.008
- PMID
- 27777075
- ISSN
- 1544-3191
- eISSN
- 1544-3450
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- Pharmacy Workforce Center
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984365896202771
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