Patient Perceptions on Receiving Vaccination Services through Community Pharmacies

Anna Kowalczuk, Alexandre Wong, Kevin Chung, Urszula Religioni, Dariusz Świetlik, Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman, Jameason D. Cameron, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Katarina Fehir Šola, Justyna Kazmierczak, Eliza Blicharska, Regis Vaillancourt and Piotr Merks
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Anna Kowalczuk: National Institute of Medicine, 00-725 Warsaw, Poland
Alexandre Wong: Pharmacy Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Kevin Chung: Pharmacy Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Urszula Religioni: School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, 01-826 Warsaw, Poland
Dariusz Świetlik: Department of Biostatistics and Neural Networks, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman: Hipolit Cegielski State University of Applied Sciences, 61-485 Gniezno, Poland
Jameason D. Cameron: Pharmacy Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska: Chair and Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Poznan, Poland
Katarina Fehir Šola: Pharmacy of Bjelovar, Petra Preradovića 4, 43000 Bjelovar, Croatia
Justyna Kazmierczak: Zdrowit sp. z o.o., Pharmacy Chain, ul. Diamentowa 3, 41-940 Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Eliza Blicharska: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 4a, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
Regis Vaillancourt: Pharmacy Department, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada
Piotr Merks: Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, 01-815 Warszawa, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-8

Abstract: (1) Introduction: Pharmacists are medical professionals who play an active role in the protection of public health. Since 2021, pharmacists with an appropriate certification have been authorised to administer vaccines against COVID-19. (2) Objective: The objective of this study was to ascertain the perceptions of patients about receiving vaccinations through community pharmacies. (3) Material and methods: This study was conducted in 2021. The research tool was an anonymous questionnaire published on the websites of patient organisations. Ultimately, 1062 patients participated in this study. (4) Results: This study shows that most of the respondents find community pharmacies more accessible than outpatient clinics (85.3%). Sixty-one percent of the respondents stated that getting vaccinated at pharmacies would be less time consuming than at outpatient clinics. Nearly every third respondent (29.5%) declared that they would get vaccinated if they received such a recommendation from a pharmacist. Fifty-six percent of the respondents were of the opinion that the administration of vaccines by pharmacists would relieve the burden on medical staff and the healthcare system. (5) Conclusions: Polish patients participating in the study have a positive attitude towards the implementation of vaccination services in community pharmacies as an effective way of combating infectious diseases.

Keywords: vaccination; community pharmacy; pharmacist; patient; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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