Methodological considerations in clinical outcomes assessment of pharmacy-based minor ailments management: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The accessibility of services within community pharmacies provides an ideal opportunity to manage minor ailments, yet over £1.1 billion is spent by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK) in managing minor ailments in high cost settings. There is a need to review the evidence base around clinical effectiveness of pharmacy-based management of minor ailments since the absence of such may lead to under-utilisation of pharmacy services and non-implementation of available pharmacy service models. This study aimed to systematically review the methodological approaches used to assess clinical outcomes of pharmacy-based management of minor ailments in the research literature.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted to identify relevant literature us

SUBMITTER: Paudyal V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171901 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature