Survey on Hospital Pharmaceutical Care in China and the Status Quo of Clinical Pharmacy Practice(Part 2):Survey on Status Quo of Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- VernacularTitle:我国医院药学服务及临床药学开展现状调查(二)——临床药学工作开展状况调查
- Author:
Ming HU
;
Xuehua JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hospital pharmacy;
Pharmaceutical care;
Clinical pharmacy;
Status quo;
Survey
- From:
China Pharmacy
2005;0(13):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To probe into the status quo of the practice of clinical pharmacy in hospitals of China.METHODS: A mailed questionnaire survey was conducted among 600 sample hospitals and 42 clinical pharmacist work system pilot hospitals based on stratified sampling regarding the status quo of the clinical pharmacy practice in China.And the results were subjected to statistical analysis.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: A total of 310 questionnaires were sent back,which revealed that the proportions of developing clinical pharmaceutical services including prescription evaluation,ADR monitoring,drug information consultation in hospitals at different level were high,but the proportions of developing such pharmaceutical services as medication orders' writing and drug-food interaction monitoring were low.The pilot hospitals had better clinical pharmacy services as compared with common hospitals,much as in drug therapy monitoring and individualized medication therapy.The clinical pharmacists were characterized by low quality and scanty numbers.The financial support to clinical pharmacy and the role of the clinical pharmacists remain to be intensified.
