title: [Actual state of understanding and utilization of "home pharmacy" in residents and their regional differences].
abstract: To know the actual states of understanding and utilization of "home pharmacy" in regional residents and their regional differences, we performed questionnaire survey for the residents in Ueda-shi in Nagano and the Kita-tama area in Tokyo, where it was found in the past survey that the medical activities as "home pharmacy" in Ueda-shi was remarkably higher than those in the Kita-tama area. By the present survey it was confirmed that the percentages of the person who keeps "home pharmacy" and of the person who fixes a pharmacy to get a filled prescription were remarkably higher in the residents of Ueda-shi than those of the Kita-tama area. The level of understanding of "home pharmacy" was also higher in the residents of Ueda-shi. These results suggested that the spread of "home pharmacy" is influenced by the extent of activity of regional pharmacy and the regional society of pharmacists.
authors: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan. suzukij@rs.noda.tus.ac.jp
authors: Junzo
authors: J
authors: Suzuki
authors: Yukari
authors: Y
authors: Senba
authors: Fusao
authors: F
authors: Kaiho
mesh_terms: D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010595:Pharmacists; D055656:Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D024382:Professional Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires