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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Innov Pharm. 2015;6(3):209. doi: 10.24926/iip.v6i3.391

Un-weighted Characteristics of Vacant Pharmacist Positions in Community and Hospital Pharmacies (with a Pharmacist Vacancy) Across Wisconsin.

Characteristic Overall (n=32) Community Pharmacies (n=20) Hospital Pharmacies (n=12)
Total number of FTE pharmacist positions vacant 27.1 13.2 13.9
Mean FTE pharmacist positions vacant per pharmacy [mean (std. dev.)] 0.9 (0.6) 0.7 (0.4) 1.2 (0.6)
Distribution of FTE pharmacist positions vacant per pharmacy [n (%)]:
0.01-0.50 vacant FTE pharmacist positions 14 (43.8) 12 (60.00) 2 (16.67)
0.51 -1.00 vacant FTE pharmacist positions 14 (43.8) 7 (35.00) 7 (58.33)
1.01 or more vacant FTE pharmacist positions 4 (12.4) 1 (5.00) 3 (25.00)
Vacancy rate a [mean (std. dev)] 19.9 (14.8) 24.46 (14.91) 12.32 (11.49)

Note:

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Vacancy Rate = Total FTE pharmacist positions vacant / Total FTE pharmacist positions budgeted

All the percentage values are column percentages.