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Provision of medicines information in Australian community pharmacies
- Source :
- Pharmacy World & Science. 31:154-157
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess the provision of consumer medicines information in Australian community pharmacies. Method: Two methods were employed. One was an exit survey involving consumers just leaving a community pharmacy (n = 554). A total of 42 pharmacies from 6 states were selected randomly. Another was a telephone survey conducted with people aged 15 and over (n =2,005). The sample was stratified by region at the level of capital city, regional urban and rural with minimum quotas for each category. Results: In the exit survey, 13 (6.4%) of the 208 respondents collecting a script received written instructions such as the Consumer Medicines Information(CMI), including 7 (15%) receiving their prescription for the first time and 6 (4%) who came for a subsequent supply.In the phone survey, 876 (46%)of the 1,576 respondents who ever get prescriptions or OTC medicines declared they never or rarely receive written information on how to use a medicine apart from what is on the bottle or packaging. Conclusion The strategy of CMI distribution via pharmacies in Australia has failed to reach acceptable levels. Further strategies have to be implemented by the professional and consumer organisations to ensure consumers receive appropriate essential medicine information. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Pharmaceutical Science
Distribution (economics)
Pharmacy
Sample (statistics)
Community Pharmacy Services
Toxicology
consumer survey
Patient Education as Topic
Nursing
Phone
medicine
Humans
community pharmacy
Pharmacology (medical)
standards of practice
medicine information
Medical prescription
Hospital pharmacy
Pharmacies
Pharmacology
Community pharmacies
Consumer Health Information
business.industry
Australia
medicine policies
General Medicine
Community pharmacy
Family medicine
Drug Information Services
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1573739X and 09281231
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pharmacy World & Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b056f118ecaba7833abb5fdd9cd350d1