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Patterns of outpatient proton‒pump inhibitors use among older adults in a duplicative health system: comparing public and private prescribing

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research
Background Proton-pump-inhibitors (PPIs) are overprescribed, posing challenges to patients and healthcare systems. In Portugal, the public National Health Service (NHS) provides universal coverage and reimburses medication regardless of prescription ...
Sónia Romano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and Validation of a Tool to Explore Attitudes Towards meDication adHErence Using a Novel Self-Reported QuestionnairE (ADHERE-7)

open access: yesPharmacy
Despite the availability of various tools for measuring medication adherence, efficiently identifying non-adherence levels and reasons at the point of care remains challenging.
Iva Bužančić   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Fighting an uphill battle’: a qualitative study of the challenges encountered by pharmacy workers when providing services to men who have sex with men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2020
Background Previous research suggests that Tanzanian MSM might prefer consulting pharmacies and drugstores, rather than public healthcare services, when in need of STI medicines and treatment.
Joakim Öhman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Policing Online Pharmacies: Bioterrorism Meets the War on Drugs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
In light of the recent terrorists attacks and the increasing threat of bioterrorism, many U.S. citizens have turned to the Internet in an attempt to gather the supplies needed to protect them and their loved ones.
Sweet, Mark
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Specifics of marketing tools application in pharmacies: Case study Pharmacies Subotica [PDF]

open access: yesMarketing (Beograd. 1991), 2014
The role of pharmacies in the social and health systems has gone through significant changes in the last decades of the twentieth century. From the place for the production of medicines, through procurement and distribution, pharmacy eventually became ...
Stojkov Svetlana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

E-pharmacy vs conventional pharmacy

open access: yesIP International Journal of Comprehensive and Advanced Pharmacology, 2020
Pharmaceutical industry in India is the 3rd largest & fastest developing industry in India. Online pharmacy is one of the technology advancement in creating huge demand in the upcoming days. Though it is convenient to buy drugs online as it causes high risk of self-medication and misuse of drugs especially coming under the schedule H and X, so to ...
S V. Chordiya, B M. Garge
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Gauging Portuguese community pharmacy users' perceptions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Objective: To assess perceptions related to facets of community pharmacy usage within the Portuguese general population. Methods: An ONSA (The Governmental Public Health Observatory) instrument was used, the ECOS (Em Casa Observamos Saúde) sample.
Afonso Miguel Neves Cavaco   +13 more
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Estimating Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence: A Model of Drug Consumption Data

open access: yesPharmacy
Observational, cross-sectional prevalence studies are costly and time-consuming. The development of indirect methods estimating prevalence used to obtain faster, less-expensive, and more robust results would be an advantage for several healthcare ...
Rita Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE CONTRIBUTION OF NORTH DAKOTA'S COMMUNITY PHARMACIES TO THE STATE'S ECONOMY [PDF]

open access: yes
A pharmacist shortage, mail and internet competition, thinning margins, and third-party payer issues are some of the issues challenging community pharmacies.
Hodur, Nancy M., Leistritz, F. Larry
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State Prescription Drug Price Web Sites: How Useful to Consumers? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Compares ten sites and identifies key limitations due to data omissions, gaps between insured and uninsured consumers, and varied program implementation.
Catherine G. Corey, Ha T. Tu
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