Pharmaceutical policies used by private health insurance companies in Saudi Arabia

Bawazir, Saleh A.; Alkudsi, Mohammed A.; Humaidan, Abdullah S. Al; Jaser, Maher A. Al; Sasich, Larry D.

doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2012.10.005

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“…Thus, the cross-sectional study about pharmacist's understanding of health insurance. It is done through a calculated sample size, with high reliability of the questionnaires and convenience sampling techniques which are better than the previous study [28] and almost similar to other research. [22] The study involved the various locations, working sites, age levels, experiences, and positions.…”

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“…The survey consisted of respondents' demographic information about pharmacists, The health insurances assessment of primary and advanced knowledge, and The Resources used about the High risk or highalert medications. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] The 5-point Likert response scale system was used with closedended questions. According to the previous litterateur with an unlimited population size, the sample was calculated as a cross-sectional study, with a confidence level of 95% with a z score of 1.96 and a margin of error of 5%, a population percentage of 50%, and drop-out rate 10%.…”

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“…[15][16][17][18][19] Few studies have been conducted locally about pharmacy knowledge of health insurance systems emphasizing medications. [6,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] The authors are unfamiliar with any investigation conducted locally or in gulf countries or Arabia about the current topic. The objective of the present cross-sectional study is to assess the pharmacist knowledge of health insurance in Saudi Arabia…”

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Knowledge of Pharmacists about Health Insurance in Saudi Arabia

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Alrobiea²,

Ahmadeen³

et al. 2023

Int. J. Pharmacol. Clin. Sci.

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Objectives: To explore the knowledge of pharmacists about health insurance in Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: It analyzes a cross-sectional survey that discussed Pharmacist knowledge of health insurance in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of respondents' demographic information about pharmacists, The health insurance assessment of primary and advanced knowledge, and The Resources used about the health insurance drug therapy. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used with closed-ended questions. The survey was validated through the revision of expert reviewers and pilot testing. Besides, various tests of the reliability of McDonald's ω, Cronbach alpha, Gutmann's λ2, and Gutmann's λ6 were done with the study. Furthermore, the data analysis of the Knowledge of Pharmacists about Health Insurance is done through the survey monkey system. Besides, the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS), Jeffery's Amazing Statistics Program (JASP), and Microsoft Excel sheet version 16. Results: A total number of 398 pharmacists responded to the questionnaire. Of them, more than one-third responded from the Central region (137 (34.51%)), and one Quarter responded from the western part (109 (27.46%)), with statistically significant differences between the provinces (p=0.000). Males responded more than females (239 (60.35%)) versus 157 (39.65%)), with statistically significant differences between all levels (p=0.000). Most of the responders were in the age group of 24-30 years (271 (68.26%)) and 31-35 years (56 (14.11%)), with statistically significant differences between all age groups (p=0.000). Most of the pharmacists were staff pharmacists (300 (75.76%)) and pharmacy supervisors (43 (10.86%)), with statistically significant differences between all levels (p=0.000). Almost one-half of pharmacists currently have health insurance coverage (239 ((60.05%)) with equal or less than one year (108 ((42.52%)), or 2-3 years (81 ((31.89%)), have you been associated with your current insurance provider with statistically significant differences between all levels (p=0.000). The average score of basic knowledge of pharmacists about health insurance was (1.91). The element "the ethics used in health insurance pharmacist" obtained the highest score (2.19). The aspect "the health insurance system covered the medications errors sentinel event" (2.05). The average score of advanced knowledge of pharmacists about health insurance was (1.95). The element "the knowledge of medications covered by health insurance" obtained the highest score (2.38). The aspect "the knowledge of the medications devices and health insurance" was (2.17). The most resources used for Pharmacist and health insurance information were health practitioners 179 (46.25%) SFDA website 128 (33.07%). They were followed by Scientific literature 117 (30.23%) and Drug information resources ( Lexi comp-drug information, Micromedex, Epocrates 101 (26.10%). Conclusion: The pharmacist's knowledge of health insurance was insufficient in Saudi Arabia. The Heath insurance p...

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Knowledge of Pharmacists about Health Insurance in Saudi Arabia

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“…That's to prevent loss or add unnecessary costs for healthcare diseases. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) in Saudi Arabia released various regulations and guidelines for health insurance practice emphasizing medication therapy or Issuance Drug Formulary (IDF). [11][12][13][14][15] Each healthcare organization has a different system during implementation, and appropriately, several elements of medication health insurance should be developed.…”

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“…However, it might there are some differences or discrepancies among all healthcare providers including the pharmacy staff. [9,[11][12][13][14][15] Therefore, the asses of the pharmacy practice of healthcare insurance are necessary (16). Besides, the various application of healthcare insurance in pharmacy give different experiences and more opportunities to expand the services in medicine coverage by healthcare insurance.…”

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Practice of Health Insurance Services by Pharmacists in Saudi Arabia

Alomi¹,

AL-Tuwaijri²,

Alghamdi³

et al. 2023

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Objectives: To illustrate the Practice of Health Insurance Services by Pharmacists in Saudi Arabia. Materials and Methods: It analyzes a cross-sectional survey that discussed the Pharmacist practice of health insurance in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of respondents' demographic information about pharmacists and types of Health insurance coverage, present items for health insurance pharmacists at any healthcare institution, and Health insurance pharmacist practice implementation. The 5-point Likert response scale system was used with closed-ended questions. The survey was validated through the revision of expert reviewers and pilot testing. Besides, various tests of reliability, McDonald's ω, Cronbach alpha, Gutmann's λ2, and Gutmann's λ6 been done with the study. Furthermore, the data analysis of the Practice Health Insurance Services by Pharmacists is done through the survey monkey system. Besides, the statistical package of social sciences (SPSS), Jeffery's Amazing Statistics Program (JASP), and Microsoft Excel sheet version 16. Results: A total number of 398 pharmacists responded to the questionnaire. Of them, more than onethird responded from the Central region (137 (34.51%)), and one Quarter responded from the western part (109 (27.46%)), with statistically significant differences between the provinces (p=0.000). Males responded more than females (239 (60.35%)) versus 157 (39.65%)), with statistically significant differences between all levels (p=0.000). Most of the responders were in the age group of 24-30 years (271 (68.26%)) and 31-35 years (56 (14.11%)), with statistically significant differences between all age groups (p=0.000). Most of the pharmacists were staff pharmacists (300 (75.76%)) and pharmacy supervisors (43 (10.86%)), with statistically significant differences between all levels (p=0.000). Almost one-half of pharmacists currently have health insurance coverage (239 ((60.05%)) with equal or less than one year (108 ((42.52%)), or 2-3 years (81 ((31.89%)), have you been associated with your current insurance provider with statistically significant differences between all levels (p=0.000). The average score of practice items for health insurance pharmacists at any healthcare institution (is 1.78). The element "Heath insurance and high-risk medications " obtained the highest score (1.85). The aspect "Heath insurance pharmacist and home healthcare medication" was (1.84). The average score of Health insurance pharmacist practice implementation (is 3.29). The element "The health insurance pharmacist employee as a staff member of Heath insurance departments or pharmacy services " obtained the highest score (3.53). The aspect "The Heath insurance pharmacist had an active role in health insurance departments " was (3.53). Conclusion: The pharmacist practice of health insurance was inadequate. The health insurance system highly demands pharmaceutical care. Therefore, implementing health insurance pharmacists at healthcare organizations and other health insurance companies is highly suggested in Sau...

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