Pharmaceutical Care in Community Pharmacies: Practice and Research in Sweden

Abstract

The identification, resolution, and documentation of DRPs are central to community pharmacy practice in Sweden, resulting in a number of research studies. A national DRP database, patient medication profiles, and a new national register of drugs dispensed to patients provide opportunities for growth in pharmaceutical care practice and research in the country.

Pharmaceutical compounding: Recent advances, lessons learned and future perspectives

“…Drug-related problems and adverse drug reactions are usually identified and reported by community pharmacies [9]. For example, the identification, resolution, and documentation of drug related problems are central to community pharmacy practice in Sweden and a national drug related database, patient medication profiles, and a new national register of medicines dispensed to patients provide opportunities for growth in pharmaceutical care practice and research in this country [10]. This task is also included to the pharmaceutical care that is provided from community pharmacies in many countries i.e.…”

The organizational framework of community pharmacies in Europe

“…The prescriptionist is an individual with functions of medicines' dispensing, with an equivalent role to the pharmacist, although with a lower qualification, as the course is 3-years. 17 As described in Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7…”

“…8,9,10,11,12,13,14 In view of the rapid structural changes in Europe, a new overview seems necessary.…”

Accessibility and Availability of Pharmaceutical Care in Community Pharmacies in the Slovak Republic. An Evidence-Based Study From 1998 to 2014

“…It has led to an escalation in the total number of community pharmacies and principally to their disproportionate allocation in the state territory (with a higher number of pharmacies located in the cities and a lower number of pharmacies in the countryside). The accessibility and availability of pharmaceutical care (especially the availability of medicines) have gotten worse especially in rural areas (Westerlud and Bjork, 2006). The deregulated system of pharmaceutical care interferes with property rights via lack of ownership standards and creates structures of pharmaceutical care providers such as pharmacy networks and vertical integration; where large international companies own wholesale pharmacy chains that often control the pharmaceutical market (Vogler et al, 2012).…”