Pharmaceutical care in Chinese public tertiary hospitals: findings from the 4th National Healthcare Improvement Initiative Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmaceutical care has been playing an increasingly critical role in Chinese hospitals. However, evidence about the most recent development of pharmaceutical care in China is limited. This study analyzed the current situation of pharmaceutical care and the capacities of pharmacists in Chinese public tertiary hospitals.

Methods

All on-duty pharmacists of 143 public tertiary hospitals responded to the Likert-5 pre-set online questionnaire about their pharmaceutical care capacities in eight aspects, and their respective hospitals valued pharmaceutical care in clinical practice from March 18 to 31, 2019. This study measured the appraisals of the responding pharmacists as positive ("strongly agree" and "agree") or negative ("neither agree nor disagree," "strongly disa

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189700 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature