Assessment of the Florida Pharmacist Self-Care Consultant Law using patient profile and prescription audit methods.
This article examines pharmacist nd physician prescribing patterns during the first two years of the Florida Pharmacist Self-Care Consultant Law. Nineteen pharmacies were audited. The mandatory patient profiles were audited for a two-year period, and the prescription files were audited for a five-year period. For the nine pharmacies maintaining patient profiles, the prescribing activities of the pharmacists almost double from the first year to the second year. However, these prescriptions made up a very small portion of the total. Pharmacist prescribing appeared to be limited to three primary drug categories: topical pediculicides (lindane shampoo), oral analgesics, and otic analgesics; these comprised 82 percent of all pharmacist-generated prescriptions.
Eng
H J
HJ
Pharmacy Health Care Administration, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville.
McCormick
W C
WC
D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007885:Legislation, Pharmacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010595:Pharmacists; D010820:Physicians; D012648:Self Care