The purpose of this study was to examine the projection of the supply and demand of pharmacists until year 2012. Based on flip results of this study. valuable suggestions were provided to the policy makers for pharmacists manpower planning for the 21st century.
In this study two major factors were examined to forecast the demand of pharmacists. One was the number of pharmacists to the population ratio, and the other wns the ntllnhcr of pharmacists to the physician ratio.
The resulu of this study indicate that pharmacists will be oversupplied in the near future. With regard to this aspect, the supply of pharmacists need to be dcereased. However, to reduce it, the policy makers should consider the following factors: the supple of loreign studied students: education program the expulsion of oriential pharmacists; and the drug dispensing by pharmacists and the prescription by doctors.
Specifically, it has to he carefully investigated how the introduction of the separation of prescription from the drug dispensing willl affect the supply and demand of pharmacists. Thus, to make proper future policies, further studies should examine the effects of those factors into the demand and supply of pharmacists.
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