title: APOM-project: a survey of pharmacy organization and management.
abstract: In 1994, a Ph.D-study started regarding pharmacy, organization and management (APOM) in the Netherlands. The APOM-project deals with the structuring and steering of pharmacy organization. This article describes the summary of the empirical results of a survey in a relatively large sample (n = 169). Generalization to the population of pharmacies in the Netherlands was made. Thought results comprised a total number of seven clusters of priorities of pharmacy mixes. Most pharmacy managers were observed with product and customer activities in the first position; pharmaceutical and customer activities were perceived as the most important. Action results comprised a total number of five clusters of activities of pharmacy mixes. Most pharmacy managers were observed with product and process activities in the first position; pharmaceutical and process activities were performed most frequently. The results showed that the traditional conception of the work in the community pharmacy is still vividly present.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Mobach
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van der Werf
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Tromp
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data