Avoiding Treatment Interruptions: What Role Do Australian Community Pharmacists Play?

Salem Hasn Abukres, Kreshnik Hoti and Jeffery David Hughes

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: Objective: To explore the reported practice of Australian community pharmacists when dealing with medication supply requests in absence of a valid prescription. Methods: Self-administered questionnaire was posted to 1490 randomly selected community pharmacies across all Australian states and territories. This sample was estimated to be a 20% of all Australian community pharmacies. Results: Three hundred eighty five pharmacists participated in the study (response rate achieved was 27.9% (there were 111 undelivered questionnaires). Respondents indicated that they were more likely to provide medications to regular customers without a valid prescription compared to non-regular customers (p

Date: 2016
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