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National Health Insurance Administration, Taiwan has provided a protocol for community pharmacist to offer home pharmaceutical care for the patients with high health expenditures. Since community pharmacists need to visit patients for consultation and check their medications, it has been thought to have pressure for them in various areas. This study intends to investigate the factors related to the pressure and intention for leaving this protocol. The hypothesis are that community pharmacist who works longer, has economic pressure, and longer year of practice will have higher pressure and strong intention for leaving.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care | The group is the community pharmacists who attend the protocol to provide home visit to the patients with heavy health expenditure, through pharmaceutical care approach. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| intention to leave the service | community pharmacist who provides the service will have chance to fill the questionnaire. the major outcome will be his/her intention to leave the service. | up to four months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| work pressure | each community pharmacist will be asked through questionnaire regarding their work pressure related to the pharmaceutical care. | up to four months |
| work load | each community pharmacist attends the study will provide what they though about the loading in offering pharmaceutical care. |
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community pharmacists who attend the protocol (offered by National Health Insurance Administration,, Taiwan). the protocol is designed to provide home pharmaceutical care (PC) to the patients with heavy health expenditure. This group of community pharmacists needs to operate their pharmacy while offering PC with small amount of payment. This study investigates the work load, pressure, and intention of leaving the protocol.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Wen-Shyong Liou, PhD | Taichung Veteran General Hospital, Taiwan | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Community Pharmacies | All Cities in Taiwan | Taiwan | 40705 | Taiwan |
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