TABLE 5.

Contextual Circumstances Affecting Provision, Implementation, and/or Overall Effect of Community Pharmacy Services

Pharmacists with previous experience in providing patient-centered services.10,11,22,24,29 Service advertised through media campaigns (newspapers, television, and radio) or through promotional material (e.g., posters and flyers) in the community pharmacy or in other settings.23,24,26,33-35 Existence of specific procedures for patient identification and referral to community pharmacy services.23,28,32,34,35 Awareness and/or agreement by other health care professionals on the provision of community pharmacy services.23,25,28,32,34,35 Patients simultaneously attending other complimentary health promotion programs/services.28,32 Pharmacists having access to external health databases.32 Other health care professionals directly involved in delivering community pharmacy services.23,34,35 External partners assisting in assessment of clinical variables involved in the community pharmacy service.23