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• 영문명: Analysis of Financial Performance and Its Factors of Community Pharmacies in Korea: After the Introduction of the Separation of Drug Prescription and Dispensing (SPD) Policy
• 발행기관: 대한약학회
• 저자명: 박혜경(Hye Kyung Park) 권창익(Chang Ik Kwon) 엄태훈(Tae Hoon Eom) 김예순(Ye Soon Kim) 노연숙(Yeun Sook Rho) 정규혁(Gyu Hyeok Jeong) 이의경(Eui Kyoung Lee)
• 간행물 정보: 『약학회지』제52권 제6호 (2008년), 507~513쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 기타의약학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.12.31

영문 초록

The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting financial performance of community pharmacies after the implementation of the new drug policy in Korea: separation of drug prescription and dispensing (SPD). The online survey questionnaires were sent to the active pharmacists of the total 20,633 community pharmacies in Korea and 1,147 pharmacists responded to the survey (the response rate was 5.5%). The questionnaire asked simple financial data in order to compare their financial performances before and after the policy. With the SPSS package (version 12.0), two levels of data analysis were used: 1) descriptive statistics to see the financial status of the pharmacies; and 2) multiple regression analysis to find the factors. {or A multiple regression method was used for the data analysis.} The finding illustrated that the average net benefit of the pharmacies was 4,870 thousand won in August 2006, and the major factors affecting the net benefit were the location of pharmacy (geographical proximity to medical institutions), number of prescriptions, drug management services for patients, chain pharmacy membership. The findings of this study suggest that service improvement for patients, revitalization of non-prescription drug sales, professional management will contribute to promote community based pharmacy business.

키워드

separation of drug prescribing and dispensing (SPD) community pharmacy net profit