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KMID : 0353019700070020719
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Korean Journal of Public Health
1970 Volume.7 No. 2 p.719 ~ p.727
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A Study on Functional Division between Physicians and Pharmacists
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Abstract
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Opinion polls were conducted on 262 of the 315 physicians practicing in Yongdungpo-gu, Seoul as of August 30, 1970 regrading division of labor between physicisns and pharmacists. Through the study and analysis opinions, the following results were obtained:
1) The greatest proportion or 30.5 per cent of respondent pollees termed mass-communications media as the major source or their knowledge about Functional division between physicians and pharmacists while 25.6 per cent of them obtained their information chiefly form colleagues.
2) The greatest proportion or 64.5 per cent either conditionally or unconditionally supported Fuctional division between physicians and pharmacists in view of the current situation while 25.6 per cent opposed it and 9.9 per cent was undertermined.
3) The greatest proportion or 38.5 per cent preferred the step-by-step implementation of the Functional division system between physicians and pharmacists starting with its trial implementation in a specific area. Particularly, 50.0 per cent or the greatest proportion of respondent pollees supported a one-year trial implementation in a specific city to be selected from among Seoul, Pusan, and Taegu.
4) The greates proportion or 53.4 per cent of respondent pollees supported the designation of the system, while 39.7 opposed By sex, 85.0 per cent of male pollees supported it but 27.9 per cent or a reatively great proportion of female pollees opposed it.
5) As for the form of implementing the system, 44.7 per cent or the greatest proportion preferred a mandatory enforcement by law while 31.3 per cent preferred the adoption of a voluntary implementation.
6) The greatest proportion or 70.6 per cent supported the idea of designating three items of pharmaceutical for primary subjection to Functional division between physicians and pharmacists, while 12.2 per cent supported the designation of antibiotics and 6.5 per cent supported that of habitual durgs.
7) The greatest proportion or 42.0 per cent of the practising physicians who responded to the questionnaires filled about 10 cases of their own prescription on the daily average, and 27.5 per cent filled about 20 cases of prescription. By area, 40.1 per cent of respondent pollees in residential areas filled prescriptions, thereby showing a greater proportion than that in other areas.
8) The greatest proportion or 33.2 per cent predicted that their gross income would almost not decrease after the Functional division system was put into force, while 24.8 per cent said that it would slightly decrease.
9) The greatest proportion or 41.6 per cent said that the implementation of the Functional division system between physicians and pharmacists would make pharmaceutical companies maintain closer ties with pharmacists and physicians, while 26.4 per cent said that they would be able to practicing medicine chiefly with therapeutical preparations. Based on the results of this study, it is believed that Funtional division between physicians and pharmacists will hardly achieve its objectives unless and until the GNP grows further and the medical insurance system is enforced.
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