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Pharmacist's and pharmacies profiles in Santa Catarina

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Resumo:The present study aimed to assess structure and process quality indicators in community pharmacies in Santa Catarina (Brazil), and also the profile of pharmacists regarding their attitudes and perceptions of pharmaceutical care and professional satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was performed in 10% of Santa Catarina pharmacies randomlychosen. 258 community pharmacies were surveyed. 88.5% pharmacists were in office in the time of the interview. In average, they were 31 years old (SD=8.1) and mainly women (68%). A ratio of 1.4 (SD=0.7) pharmacists per pharmacy and 3.8 (SD=4.5) assistants existed. Only 11.4% pharmacies had an adequate structure for private caring drug information sources, most of them were low quality. Activities mentioned by the majority of pharmacists were dispensing (98.2%), recording controlled drugs (90.8%), injections administration (85.1%), and helping patients on cash line (84.2%). Most of pharmacies in Santa Catarina (Brazil) do not have the adequate structure for implementing pharmaceutical care services. Barriers identified to implement those services were not different to those communicated in other countries.
Autores principais:de Franca Filho, Jose Benedito
Outros Autores:Correr, Cassyano Januario; Rossignoli, Paula; Melchiors, Ana Carolina; Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando; Pontarolo, Roberto
Assunto:Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Ano:2008
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso a metadados
Instituição associada:Universidade de Lisboa
Idioma:espanhol
Origem:Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa

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