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National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias
National Pharmacist Workforce Studies (NPWS) have been conducted in the U.S. every five years since 2000. This article describes the online survey methods used for the latest NPWS conducted in 2019 and provides an assessment for nonresponse bias. Three waves of emails containing a link to the online...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33451045 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9010020 |
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author | Witry, Matthew J. Arya, Vibhuti Bakken, Brianne K. Gaither, Caroline A. Kreling, David H. Mott, David A. Schommer, Jon C. Doucette, William R. |
author_facet | Witry, Matthew J. Arya, Vibhuti Bakken, Brianne K. Gaither, Caroline A. Kreling, David H. Mott, David A. Schommer, Jon C. Doucette, William R. |
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description | National Pharmacist Workforce Studies (NPWS) have been conducted in the U.S. every five years since 2000. This article describes the online survey methods used for the latest NPWS conducted in 2019 and provides an assessment for nonresponse bias. Three waves of emails containing a link to the online survey were sent to a random sample of about 96,000 pharmacists licensed in the United States. The survey asked about pharmacist employment, work activities, work–life balance, practice characteristics, pharmacist demographics and training. A total of 5467 usable responses were received, for a usable response rate of 5.8%. To assess for nonresponse bias, respondent characteristics were compared to the population of U.S. pharmacists and a benchmark, while a wave analysis compared early and late respondents. The pharmacist sample–population comparison and the benchmark comparison showed that the NPWS respondents had a higher percentage of female pharmacists and a lower proportion of young pharmacists compared to the population of U.S. pharmacists and the benchmark sample. In some contrast, the wave analysis showed that the early respondents had a higher percentage of males and older pharmacists compared to the late respondents. Both the wave analysis and the benchmark comparison showed that the NPWS respondents (and early respondents) had a lower percent of pharmacists with a PharmD degree than did the late respondents and the benchmark group. These differences should be considered when interpreting the findings from the 2019 NPWS. |
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spelling | pubmed-78387812021-01-28 National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias Witry, Matthew J. Arya, Vibhuti Bakken, Brianne K. Gaither, Caroline A. Kreling, David H. Mott, David A. Schommer, Jon C. Doucette, William R. Pharmacy (Basel) Brief Report National Pharmacist Workforce Studies (NPWS) have been conducted in the U.S. every five years since 2000. This article describes the online survey methods used for the latest NPWS conducted in 2019 and provides an assessment for nonresponse bias. Three waves of emails containing a link to the online survey were sent to a random sample of about 96,000 pharmacists licensed in the United States. The survey asked about pharmacist employment, work activities, work–life balance, practice characteristics, pharmacist demographics and training. A total of 5467 usable responses were received, for a usable response rate of 5.8%. To assess for nonresponse bias, respondent characteristics were compared to the population of U.S. pharmacists and a benchmark, while a wave analysis compared early and late respondents. The pharmacist sample–population comparison and the benchmark comparison showed that the NPWS respondents had a higher percentage of female pharmacists and a lower proportion of young pharmacists compared to the population of U.S. pharmacists and the benchmark sample. In some contrast, the wave analysis showed that the early respondents had a higher percentage of males and older pharmacists compared to the late respondents. Both the wave analysis and the benchmark comparison showed that the NPWS respondents (and early respondents) had a lower percent of pharmacists with a PharmD degree than did the late respondents and the benchmark group. These differences should be considered when interpreting the findings from the 2019 NPWS. MDPI 2021-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7838781/ /pubmed/33451045 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9010020 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Witry, Matthew J. Arya, Vibhuti Bakken, Brianne K. Gaither, Caroline A. Kreling, David H. Mott, David A. Schommer, Jon C. Doucette, William R. National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias |
title | National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias |
title_full | National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias |
title_fullStr | National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias |
title_full_unstemmed | National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias |
title_short | National Pharmacist Workforce Study (NPWS): Description of 2019 Survey Methods and Assessment of Nonresponse Bias |
title_sort | national pharmacist workforce study (npws): description of 2019 survey methods and assessment of nonresponse bias |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838781/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33451045 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9010020 |
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