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. 2024 Nov 4;24:1340. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11770-x

Table 2.

Approaches and purposes of using the pharmacy delivery service, and problems encountered by the participants who used the service (n=386)

n (%)
Approaches to contacting the pharmacy
 By phone  219 (56.7%)
 By mobile application 217 (56.2%)
 Using ordering company applications 147 (38.1%)
Purpose of using the MHD service
 Order medicines that do not require a prescription 244 (63.2%)
 Order personal care products 170 (44.0%)
 Order supplements/nutritional products 171 (44.3%)
 Request to fill a prescription 166 (43.0%)
 Order medical equipment 110 (28.5%)
Problems encountered by participants
 Late delivery 110 (28.5%)
 Paying delivery fee 103 (26.7%)
 Receiving wrong order 32 (8.3%)
 No answer to my question 31 (8.0%)
 The medication required a prescription 27 (7.0%)
 I did not receive my order 19 (4.9%)
 Receiving damaged order 18 (4.7%)