OBJECTIVE to assess the attitude of community pharmacists for geriatric pharmacy services. METHODS An on-line based survey was conducted with community pharmacists who are members of a web cafe named as "Pharmacists' Community for Future Pharmacy." A total of 100 pharmacists participated in the survey on a voluntary basis between Sep-tember 3 and 10, 2018. RESULTS Mean score for the necessity of certified geriatric pharmacists was 4.01 on a 5-point Likert-type scale, with a higher score reflecting more positive attitude. About 64% of the respondents preferred that pre-existing pharmacies working in hospitals or community pharmacies provide geriatric pharmacy services instead of recruit-ing new pharmacists separately (16%). Majority of the respondents (77%) preferred to operate a single certificate system for geriatric pharmacists regardless of type or work place (i.e., hospitals of community pharmacies). The highest demand for education area associated with geriatric pharmacy services was 'pharmaceutical therapy and management of medical history (57%),' followed by 'communication skills with the elderly (15%),' 'understanding biological and socioeconomic changes associated with aging (10%),' and 'management of chronic diseases (10%).' Two thirds of the respondents (65%) expressed their willingness to participate in providing geriatric pharmacy services if economic reward was provided, while 15% were unwilling to participate regardless of economic reward. The most preferred type of payment method for geriatric pharmacy services was fee-for-service payment (70%). CONCLUSION We expect that this exploratory study would help to develop geriatric pharmacy specialist system that can induce high acceptance by and active particiation of community pharmacists in Korea.
목차
Abstract 서론 연구방법 1. 연구대상 및 자료수집 방법 2. 설문조사도구 개발 3. 자료 분석 방법 연구결과 고찰 결론 및 제언 References
키워드
attitudecertified geriatric pharmacistcommunity pharmacistgeriatric pharmacy service
저자
이혜진 [ Hyejin Lee | 연세대학교 약학대학 ]
강혜영 [ Hye-Young Kang | 연세대학교 약학대학, 연세대학교 종합약학연구소 ]
Corresponding Author
한국보건사회약료경영학회 [Korean Academy of Social & Managed Care Phemacy]
설립연도
2009
분야
의약학>약학
소개
본 학회는 비영리 학술단체로서 환자의 삶의 질 향상을 위한 약료(pharmaceutical care)가 보장될 수 있도록 약료경영약학(managed care pharmacy)을 발전시키는 데 궁극 목적을 두고 다음과 같은 활동을 전개하여 사회에 기여하며 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모한다.
간행물
간행물명
한국보건사회약료경영학회지 [Journal of Korean Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy]