- Title
- Delivery of pharmaceutical services and care at three primary healthcare clinics with different dispensing models in the Nelson Mandela Bay Health District
- Creator
- Bobbins, Amy Claire
- Subject
- National health insurance -- South Africa
- Subject
- Community health services -- South Africa Pharmaceutical services -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPharm
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/23580
- Identifier
- vital:30583
- Description
- As South Africa moves into an era of National Health Insurance (NHI), the idea of primary health care (PHC) re-engineering is placed at the forefront; however, the role of the pharmacist in this process remains vague. Task-shifting of the dispensing process to pharmacist’s assistants and nurses in PHC clinics is a common phenomenon, but the implications of this on the provision of pharmaceutical services and care to patients is largely unstudied. Thus, this study aims to explore these pharmacist-based, pharmacist’s assistant-based and nurse-based dispensing models present in PHC clinics. A two-phase, mixed methods approach was utilised, comprising of a pharmaceutical services audit and semi-structured interviews. The interviews provided insight into the lived experiences of personnel and patients of pharmaceutical care provision. Results revealed that although basic pharmaceutical services may be available at clinics with each of the three dispensing models, the quality is of a varying standard due to challenges in infrastructure and maintenance and poor personnel support. Furthermore, the provision of quality pharmaceutical care is minimal with all three dispensing models, resulting in a missed opportunity to optimise patient health outcomes in patient-centred PHC.
- Format
- X, 138 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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