Patient satisfaction from two studies of collaborative doctor – pharmacist prescribing in Australia
2015
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Background
Pharmacist prescribing has been introduced in several
countries and is a possible future role for pharmacy in Australia.
Objective
To assess whether patient satisfaction with the pharmacist
as a prescriber, and patient experiences in two settings of
collaborative doctor-pharmacist prescribing may be barriers to
implementation of pharmacist prescribing.
Design
Surveys containing closed questions, and Likert scale
responses, were completed in both settings to investigate patient
satisfaction after each consultation. A further survey investigating
attitudes towards pharmacist prescribing, after multiple consultations,
was completed in the sexual health clinic.
Setting and Participants
A surgical pre-admission clinic (PAC) in
a tertiary hospital and an outpatient sexual health clinic at a
university hospital. Two hundred patients scheduled for elective
surgery, and 17 patients diagnosed with HIV infection, respectively,
recruited to the pharmacist prescribing arm of two collaborative
doctor-pharmacist prescribing studies.
Results
Consultation satisfaction response rates in PAC and the
sexual health clinic were 182/200 (91%) and 29/34 (85%), respectively.
In the sexual health clinic, the attitudes towards pharmacist
prescribing survey response rate were 14/17 (82%). Consultation
satisfaction was high in both studies, most patients (98% and 97%,
respectively) agreed they were satisfied with the consultation. In the
sexual health clinic, all patients (14/14) agreed that they trusted the
pharmacist’s ability to prescribe, care was as good as usual care, and
they would recommend seeing a pharmacist prescriber to friends.
Discussion and Conclusion
Most of the patients had a high satisfaction
with pharmacist prescriber consultations, and a positive outlook
on the collaborative model of care in the sexual health clinic.
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