A survey of patient education activities of community pharmacists

Ascione, Frank J.; Kirking, Duane M.; Duzey, Olya M.; Wenzloff, Nancy J.

doi:10.1016/0738-3991(85)90045-x

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“…The results reveal that there is no widespread implementation of such activities among the community pharmacies surveyed. Although the sample was small and the response rate low, the observation is consistent with results of other studies conducted in other countries (8,9).…”

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A survey of patient-orientated services in community pharmacy practice in Malaysia

Sarriff¹

1994

J Clin Pharm Ther

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This survey explored patient-orientated services, beyond processing of prescriptions and dispensing of medications, provided by the Malaysian community pharmacist. The results revealed a trend towards the provision of such activities. Although this was not widely implemented by the pharmacists, activities such as patient counselling and providing drug information were part of their daily practice. Lack of time, large workload, and inadequate drug information sources were the constraints cited by the pharmacists for the provision of such activities. If willingness and abilities to perform such activities were the significant barriers, then educational programmes should be initiated to provide the missing competencies.

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“…Ascione et nl. (1985) surveyed 400 community pharmacies in Michigan and analysed 58.5% usable responses (8). In contrast to the present study, most of Pharmacists who seek information regarding the patient's medical problems -Pharmacists who seek information about the their respondents were owners (57%) and 18% were pharmacy managers.…”

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A survey of patient-orientated services in community pharmacy practice in Malaysia

Sarriff¹

1994

J Clin Pharm Ther

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“…The principal methods they use include brief oral instructions supplemented by the prescription container label. Written information is distributed by less than one-half of the community pharmacists (Penna 1983;Ascione et al 1985).…”

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Choices in Prescription-Drug Benefit Programs: Mail versus Community Pharmacy Services

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Richards³

1990

The Milbank Quarterly

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Pharmaceutical price increases and greater coverage of outpatient prescription medications have stimulated interest in containing drug benefit-program costs. While mail pharmacy services (MPS) may achieve savings through volume purchasing, high usage of generic drugs, and dispensing larger quantities of medication per prescription, efforts are also underway to adapt community-pharmacy-based services to keep costs down in these areas. No controlled studies document a difference in quality between the two types of services. Third-party administrators and benefit managers need to consider factors such as providing information to patients, monitoring drug therapy, dispensing patients' correct medication, and cost-control incentives when assessing MPS's role in prescription drug programs.

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“…Previous research has found that pharmacists were significantly more likely to counsel those patients who they perceived as more active in seeking information. 23 However, pharmacists' perceptions are not always consistent with patients' perceptions 24 which may cause ambiguity in the interaction and relationship between pharmacists and patients. Future research should explore patients' perceptions about Korean pharmacists' provision of care in an effort to promote mutual expectations about the pharmacist-patient interaction.…”

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