Survey of the Distribution of Community Pharmacists Using Government Statistics

Yajima, Satoko; Shimauchi, Akari; Sakai, Chihiro; Yokoyama, S.; Ino, Yoko; Matsunaga, Toshiyuki; Teramachi, Hitomi; Nakamura, Mitsuhiro; Iguchi, Kazuhiro

doi:10.1248/yakushi.17-00230

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“…13) Our result analyzing about the rate of community pharmacists to the population in Miyagi prefecture is similar to the result analyzing about total Japan data. 13) However, we found that the category under the value of whole Miyagi prefecture of the pharmacies and pharmacists per 1000 population rates was also present in the areas of high population density. Therefore, the population is not the only reason for uneven distribution.…”

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“…This tendency about community pharmacist is also similar to that of Japan total. 13) On the other hand, in our present study, we further analyzed the distribution of community pharmacies and found that a signiˆcant diŠerence was only recognized about community pharmacists [Fig. 3(b)].…”

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“…Thus, to characterize the area by not only the ratios of pharmacies and pharmacists to the populations but also the aging rates and inhabitable land area was important to assess the uneven distribution of pharmacies and pharmacists. Furthermore, a previous study focused on the relationship between community pharmacists and doctors 13) and other previous study analyzing the number of pharmacists in Shimane prefecture showed the change of the number of pharmacists over time. 19) In our study, we were only focusing on the distribution of community pharmacies and pharmacists only at a single point in time.…”

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Analysis of the Distribution of Community Pharmacies and Pharmacists in Miyagi Prefecture

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In Japan, the aging of the population is serious problem. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is constructing a new support system for elderly people called``Community-based integrated care system''. In this system, community pharmacists are expected to play an important role as healthcare professionals for the whole community, including elderly people. Since pharmacists will be needed to manage community health in addition to their daily tasks, it is required to reassess the distribution of community pharmacies and pharmacists. In this study, we surveyed their distribution in Miyagi prefecture by using statistical data from public institutions and reevaluated the distribution to raise problems. Based on the numbers of community pharmacies and pharmacists per 1000 population in the whole Miyagi prefecture, each area was ranked to 2 categories and analyzed regarding population, aging rate and inhabitable land area. It was disclosed that the higher aging rate areas had the higher rate of category below the average of whole Miyagi prefecture, especially in the number of pharmacists. When the numbers of pharmacies and pharmacists per the inhabitable land area were used, the uneven distribution became clearer than when those per population were used. Theseˆndings suggested that it was important to characterize the areas by not only the ratios of community pharmacies and pharmacists to population numbers but also by the aging rates and inhabitable land area, which were related to the work e‹ciency of pharmacists and accessibility for resident to pharmacies.

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“…We have previously reported high inequality in the number of community pharmacists per population among rural areas in Japan. 11) Moreover, an uneven number of community pharmacists may affect the provision of home healthcare services in rural areas.…”

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Relationship between the Number of Pharmacists per Pharmacy and the Provision of Home Healthcare Services in Japan

Ueyama,

Tamaki,

Osanai

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Home healthcare services provided by community pharmacists are essential for maintaining community care, especially in Japanʼs aging population. Personnel shortage in pharmacies is occasionally cited as the reason why pharmacies are unable to provide home healthcare services. This study examined the relationship between the number of pharmacists in each pharmacy and the provision of home healthcare services. The number of full-time and part-time pharmacists per pharmacy has a positive impact on the provision of home healthcare services. Moreover, the larger the number of pharmacists per pharmacy, the easier it is for the pharmacy to provide home healthcare services. With regard to pharmacies with one full-time pharmacist, there are more pharmacies that provide home healthcare services when the population density of municipalities where the pharmacy is located is high. However, the impact of the number of pharmacists on population density became obscure when the number of full-time pharmacists per pharmacy was three or more. Taken together, these findings indicate that the provision of home healthcare services by pharmacies is related to the number of pharmacists per pharmacy and the population density of the area. This could have implications for widening regional disparities in home healthcare services.

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Impact of the increase in the number of community pharmacists on their geographical distribution in Japan: a retrospective survey

Iguchi

Ueyama

Nishio

et al. 2022

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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Background Appropriate distribution of health care resources is required to adjust regional disparities in the quality of health care. Besides, the number of community pharmacists in Japan has increased recently, but the impact of this increase on the distribution of community pharmacists is unknown. Thus, we aimed at investigating the effect of the increase in the number of community pharmacists on the distribution per population and per area of inhabitable land. Methods Data from 2008 to 2018 were used. Equity among municipalities in the number of community pharmacists per population and per area of inhabitable land was assessed using the Gini coefficient. A mosaic plot was used to demonstrate the relationship between the population density and increase in the number of community pharmacists per municipality. Results The number of community pharmacists increased by approximately 1.3-fold from 2008 to 2018 in Japan. The Gini coefficient per population decreased gradually, whereas that per area increased slightly, with no change in distribution per area of inhabitable land. The number of community pharmacists per population increased regardless of the population density, but this increase per area was smaller for lower population density groups and larger for higher population density groups. Conclusion The increase in the number of community pharmacists has improved the distribution of community pharmacists per population, but not that per area of inhabitable land. The maldistribution of community pharmacists per area implies an imbalance in the distance between pharmacies and residents. Thus, there is need for measures to improve the distribution of community pharmacists.

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Survey of the Distribution of Community Pharmacists Using Government Statistics

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Analysis of the Distribution of Community Pharmacies and Pharmacists in Miyagi Prefecture

Analysis of the Distribution of Community Pharmacies and Pharmacists in Miyagi Prefecture

Relationship between the Number of Pharmacists per Pharmacy and the Provision of Home Healthcare Services in Japan

Impact of the increase in the number of community pharmacists on their geographical distribution in Japan: a retrospective survey

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