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Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: Is it developing and spreading?

Costa, Filipa A. and Scullin, Claire and Al-Taani, Ghaith and Hawwa, Ahmed F. and Anderson, Claire and Bezverhni, Zinaida and Binakaj, Zahida and Cordina, Maria and Foulon, Veerle and Garcia de Bikuña, Borja and de Gier, Han and Granås, Anne Gerd and Grinstova, Olga and Griese-Mammen, Nina and Grincevicius, Jonas and Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile and Kaae, Susanne and Kubiliene, Loreta and Mariño, Eduardo L. and Martins, Silvia and Modamio, Pilar and Nadin, Giancarlo and Nørgaard, Lotte Stig and Obarcanin, Emina and Tadic, Ivana and Tasic, Ljiljana and McElnay, James C. and Hersberger, Kurt E. and Westerlund, Tommy. (2017) Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: Is it developing and spreading? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23 (6). pp. 1336-1347.

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Abstract

Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort, and indeed, it is often not fully implemented in care settings. The main objective was to assess how pharmaceutical care provision within community pharmacy has evolved over time in Europe.; A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of community pharmacies, using a modified version of the Behavioural Pharmaceutical Care Scale (BPCS) was conducted in late 2012/early 2013 within 16 European countries and compared with an earlier assessment conducted in 2006.; The provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care has slightly improved in all European countries that participated in both editions of this survey (n = 8) with progress being made particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. Moreover, there was a wider country uptake, indicating spread of the concept. However, due to a number of limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. Using combined data from participating countries, the provision of pharmaceutical care was positively correlated with the participation of the community pharmacists in patient-centred activities, routine use of pharmacy software with access to clinical data, participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, and having specialized education.; The present study demonstrated a slight evolution in self-reported provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe, as measured by the BPCS. The slow progress suggests a range of barriers, which are preventing pharmacists moving beyond traditional roles. Support from professional bodies and more patient-centred community pharmacy contracts, including remuneration for pharmaceutical care services, are likely to be required if quicker progress is to be made in the future.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Pharmazeutische Wissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Pharmazie > Pharmaceutical Care (Hersberger)
UniBasel Contributors:Hersberger, Kurt E.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:1356-1294
e-ISSN:1365-2753
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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