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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2016 Sep 26;34(46):5643–5648. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.09.020

Table 4.

Immunization policy, formalized agreements, and memoranda of understanding between public health and community pharmacies.

Assessment No. (%) Total responsesa
Regarding uninsured and underinsured patients during a pandemic,
    pharmacists have been instructed to1
  Provide pandemic vaccinations to all patients regardless of ability to pay 7 (13.5%) 52
  Refer these patients to the health department 3 (5.8%) 52
  Not clarified 32 (61.5%) 52
  Other 10 (19.2%) 52
Have or provide support to local health departments to establish memoranda
    of understanding or formalized agreements with community pharmacies in 20132
  Yes 17 (35.4%) 48
  No 21 (43.8%) 48
  Other 10 (20.8%) 48
Have or provide support to local health departments to establish memoranda of
    understanding or formalized agreements with community pharmacies in 20141
  Yes, for all pharmacy partners 5 (9.6%) 52
  Yes, for more than half, but not all, pharmacy partners 5 (9.6%) 52
  Yes, for less than half of pharmacy partners 6 (11.5%) 52
  No 33 (63.5%) 52
  Don’t Know 3 (5.7%) 52

Data sources:

1

: 2014 Annual Report;

2

: 2013 Annual Report.

a

Responses do not always equal 53 due to missing responses from jurisdictions.