Uptake and impact of regulated pharmacy technicians in Ontario community pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2010, most provincial Colleges of Pharmacists have licensed pharmacy technicians. The colleges hoped this would give pharmacists time to provide "expanded scope" activities such as medication reviews. Little is known, however, about the uptake and impact of pharmacy technicians on pharmacists' provision of such services. We address these questions using data for Ontario community pharmacies.

Methods

Data on pharmacists and pharmacy technicians were obtained from the Ontario College of Pharmacists website in September 2016. Their place of employment was used to calculate the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) pharmacists and technicians employed at each community pharmacy. Pharmacy claims data for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2016, were obtained fro

SUBMITTER: Grootendorst P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5958440 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature