National Survey on Clinical Pharmacy Services of Tertiary Hospitals in China: Part 1. Introduction of Survey and Basic Conditions of Clinical Pharmacy Service Provision / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To obtain data related to clinical pharmacy services of Tertiary hospitals, find problems in the service system, based on which provide advice on policy formulation. METHODS: A face-to-face interview survey was conducted to collect data on management system construction, hardware & facility equipment and professional staffing, et al which was analyzed with descriptive statistics tools. RESULTS: Only 59.7% of the hospital within the sample established clinical pharmacist performance appraisal systems; 18.4% of the hospital's clinical pharmacy services were charged; 30.0% of the hospitals provided offices for clinical pharmacists; each 100 beds were equipped with an average of 5.6 technical professionals and an average 0.43 clinical pharmacists; most of the professionals' educational background were undergraduate (51.5%) and below undergraduate (28.7%), and most of the professionals' professional titles were primary (53.1%) and intermediate (33.4%); dispensing remained main duty of pharmaceutical professionals(67.4%).CONCLUSION: Management system construction, hardware & facility equipment and professional staffing of tertiary hospitals in China require further improvement.