Retrospective financial analysis of wellness center from an independent community pharmacy perspective.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the net financial gain or loss from health screening services provided to patients at an independent community pharmacy-based wellness center.


METHODS
Retrospective review of pharmacy wellness center records over a 24-month period.


METHODS
A wellness center at one independent community pharmacy.


METHODS
Patients receiving one or more of nine different services (blood pressure [BP], blood glucose, body fat [BF], glycosylated hemoglobin [A1C], bone density [BD], total cholesterol/blood glucose, total lipid panel [TLP], total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein, alanine aminotransferase) during a 2-year period.


METHODS
The services were performed and results recorded by a resident or staff pharmacist.


METHODS
Using a pharmacy perspective, net financial gains or losses were calculated for each of the individual services, for all of the services performed using the Cholestech LDX Analyzer, and for the wellness center as a whole. Sensitivity analyses were based upon a pharmacist, a pharmacy resident, or both a pharmacist and pharmacy resident each providing half of the total number of services over the 2-year period.


RESULTS
A total of 1,181 pharmacy records for the selected services were reviewed for the specified time period. A net financial gain for the wellness center was achieved when the services were performed by a pharmacist, a pharmacy resident, or a pharmacist/pharmacy resident combination, respectively. Three of the individual services (BG, BF and TLP) and assays performed using the Cholestech LDX Analyzer had a net financial gain for each sensitivity analysis. Two of the services (BP and AIC) had a net financial gain only when a resident provided the service. One of the services (BD) had a net financial loss for all of analyses.


CONCLUSIONS
Revenues for these services exceeded their costs from the wellness center perspective when they were performed by a pharmacist, a pharmacy resident, or a pharmacist/pharmacy resident combination.
Kent
Kelly
K
Liberty Pharmacy, North Liberty, Iowa, USA.
McDonough
Randal P
RP
Dinges
Beth
B
Doucette
William R
WR
D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D020446:Fitness Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012189:Retrospective Studies