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Impact of chronic disease assistance program on the retail pharmacy sector: A retrospective study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impacts of chronic disease assistance program (CDAP) on economic parameters, human resource and pharmacy structure and pharmaceutical care on the retail industry in Trinidad and Tobago. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A partially perceptual retrospective investigation was carried out...

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Autores principales: Maharaj, Sandeep, Roopnarine, Kreshma, Maharaj, Vashish, Maraj, Sushain, Sankar, Eenest, Singh, Meera, Tayopa, Otelesante George, Pandey, Sureshwar, Deshpande, Prasanna R.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22025851
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.85944
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author Maharaj, Sandeep
Roopnarine, Kreshma
Maharaj, Vashish
Maraj, Sushain
Sankar, Eenest
Singh, Meera
Tayopa, Otelesante George
Pandey, Sureshwar
Deshpande, Prasanna R.
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Roopnarine, Kreshma
Maharaj, Vashish
Maraj, Sushain
Sankar, Eenest
Singh, Meera
Tayopa, Otelesante George
Pandey, Sureshwar
Deshpande, Prasanna R.
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description OBJECTIVE: To assess the impacts of chronic disease assistance program (CDAP) on economic parameters, human resource and pharmacy structure and pharmaceutical care on the retail industry in Trinidad and Tobago. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A partially perceptual retrospective investigation was carried out in 60 pharmacies from all regions (North East, North West, Central and South) in Trinidad. Questionnaires were distributed to all pharmacists of the each pharmacies indicated above. The validated questionnaires were distributed, over a period of approximately 2 weeks. Pharmacists employed at each pharmacy were asked to complete the questionnaire which consisted of 11 questions based on the three aspects of investigation. A five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) was used. Information from the completed questionnaires was tabulated in Microsoft Excel and the respective percentages and proportions were generated. RESULTS: From the 60 pharmacies, 61% (n=37) believed that there was a decrease in sale of original brands while more than half of the respondents [53% (n=32)] believed there was an increase in sale of generics. The 60% (n=36) respondents viewed that there was compromised dispensary sale of original brands while 65% (n=39) felt there was increased orders for generic drugs. Of the CDAP prescriptions, it was disclosed that there was an overall increase in CDAP prescriptions from the year 2005-2008. A medium-scale pharmacy disclosed 1801 prescriptions in 2005, 2265 prescriptions in 2006, 3002 prescriptions 2007 and 3344 prescriptions in 2008 with overall increase in each year. CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of CDAP can explain the phenomenal increase in sale of generics drugs and the decrease in the sale of brands. There is a need for such a program in the developing countries.
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spelling pubmed-31985182011-10-24 Impact of chronic disease assistance program on the retail pharmacy sector: A retrospective study Maharaj, Sandeep Roopnarine, Kreshma Maharaj, Vashish Maraj, Sushain Sankar, Eenest Singh, Meera Tayopa, Otelesante George Pandey, Sureshwar Deshpande, Prasanna R. J Pharmacol Pharmacother Research Paper OBJECTIVE: To assess the impacts of chronic disease assistance program (CDAP) on economic parameters, human resource and pharmacy structure and pharmaceutical care on the retail industry in Trinidad and Tobago. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A partially perceptual retrospective investigation was carried out in 60 pharmacies from all regions (North East, North West, Central and South) in Trinidad. Questionnaires were distributed to all pharmacists of the each pharmacies indicated above. The validated questionnaires were distributed, over a period of approximately 2 weeks. Pharmacists employed at each pharmacy were asked to complete the questionnaire which consisted of 11 questions based on the three aspects of investigation. A five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree) was used. Information from the completed questionnaires was tabulated in Microsoft Excel and the respective percentages and proportions were generated. RESULTS: From the 60 pharmacies, 61% (n=37) believed that there was a decrease in sale of original brands while more than half of the respondents [53% (n=32)] believed there was an increase in sale of generics. The 60% (n=36) respondents viewed that there was compromised dispensary sale of original brands while 65% (n=39) felt there was increased orders for generic drugs. Of the CDAP prescriptions, it was disclosed that there was an overall increase in CDAP prescriptions from the year 2005-2008. A medium-scale pharmacy disclosed 1801 prescriptions in 2005, 2265 prescriptions in 2006, 3002 prescriptions 2007 and 3344 prescriptions in 2008 with overall increase in each year. CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of CDAP can explain the phenomenal increase in sale of generics drugs and the decrease in the sale of brands. There is a need for such a program in the developing countries. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3198518/ /pubmed/22025851 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.85944 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sankar, Eenest
Singh, Meera
Tayopa, Otelesante George
Pandey, Sureshwar
Deshpande, Prasanna R.
Impact of chronic disease assistance program on the retail pharmacy sector: A retrospective study
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title_sort impact of chronic disease assistance program on the retail pharmacy sector: a retrospective study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22025851
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.85944
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