Publisher Copyright: © 2025; Introduction: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, various public health measures were adopted to reduce the transmission risk, including the full reimbursement of SARS-CoV-2 professional rapid antigen detection tests (Ag-RDT) conducted in clinical pathology laboratories, community pharmacies (CPs), and other authorized entities. This study aimed to assess the impact of integrating CPs into ...
Publisher Copyright: Copyright: © 2023 Costa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.; Background Little is known about patient preferences and the value of pharmacy-collaborative disease management with primary ...
Funding Information: This trial was promoted by the Agrupamento dos Centros de Saúde (ACeS) (NHS Group of Primary Care Units) of the Baixo Mondego Region and the Associação Nacional das Farmácias (ANF) (Portuguese National Association of Pharmacies) and was funded by the ANF. Hartmann supplied blood pressure monitors to intervention pharmacies. Trial Registration Number: ISRCTN13410498. S.C. paid for the open-a...
Funding Information: The trial was promoted by the NHS Group of Primary Care Units [Agrupamento dos Centros de Saúde, or ACeS] of Baixo Mondego Region and the Portuguese National Association of Pharmacies [Associação Nacional das Farmácias, or ANF] and was funded by ANF. Study promoters and funders had no role in the design and conduct of the trial/study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of ...
BACKGROUND: Osteoporotic fractures are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It is recognized that persistence with medication is crucial to reach optimal clinical outcomes. We aimed to estimate the persistence level to weekly and monthly oral bisphosphonates (OBP) in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) over 24 months from therapy initiation in a population-based setting. METHODS: Prospective obser...