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KMID : 0941820220320020093
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
2022 Volume.32 No. 2 p.93 ~ p.105
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Perception on necessity to introduce public out-of-hours pharmacies and operation plan: A Gyeongsangbuk-do case
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Oh Nan-Suk
Yoo Wang-Keun
Lee Iyn-Hyang
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to identify the opinions of Gyeongsangbuk-do residents on out-of-hours (OOH) pharmacies and toexamine the operating experiences of pharmacists who are operating OOH pharmacies in other areas. Methods: Cross-sectionalsurvey was carried out for 1,000 Gyeongbuk residents employing a questionnaire via online or face-to-face, and 82 pharmacists whocurrently operate OOH pharmacies employing a postal questionnaire. Out of eighty-two, 46 pharmacists replied (response rate56.1%).
Results: As for the necessity of introducing OOH pharmacies in Gyeongsangbuk-do, 84.9% answered more than necessary. 86.1% favored the local government support for OOH pharmacies. The necessity of OOH pharmacies was highly evaluated amongparticipants who experienced to be unable to use medicines or services in out of service hours, regardless of their characteristics orhealth condition. County residents consistently put a positive opinion for the necessity of OOH pharmacies if they have elderlyfamily member(s), while city residents had significant differences across subgroups depending on their conditions (family members,household economics, health status, etc.). Almost all (95.7%) pharmacist participants highly evaluated the necessity of OOHpharmacies and the majority of them (63.0%) felt satisfied. However, 60.9% of participants have ever considered closing their OOHpharmacy business due to private, business management and professional reasons.
Conclusion: This study made suggestions toaddress anticipated issues for the Gyeongbuk-style OOH pharmacy model.
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KEYWORD
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Out-of-hours pharmacy, extended hours pharmacy, night pharmacy, patient access
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