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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Apr 26;188:187–192. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.032

Table 1.

Community Pharmacy and Managing Pharmacist Characteristics, Indiana 2016 (N = 284).

Pharmacist characteristics and behavior
Gender (Female) 143 (50.4%)
Race/ethnicity (White, non-Hispanic) 263 (92.6%)
Age μ = 42.43 (r:25–73), SD:11.7
Years in practice μ = 17.1 (r:1–51), SD:12.0
PharmD Degree 171 (60.2%)
Received Continuing Education about Naloxone in the past 2 years 172 (60.6%)
Pharmacy Practice Environment
Type of pharmacy
 Chain 160 (56.3%)
 Food store 64 (22.5%)
 Mass merchandiser 49 (17.3%)
 Independent 11 (3.9%)
Number of full time licensed pharmacists μ = 2.24 (SD:1.11)
Pharmacy currently stocks Naloxone 165 (58.1%)
Pharmacist asked by customers or medical providers about Naloxone in the past 2 years 147 (51.8%)
Pharmacist Beliefs
Standing order policy will increase likelihood that my pharmacy will stock Naloxone 206 (72.5%)
Standing order policy will increase the likelihood that I and my pharmacy staff will dispense Naloxone 189 (66.5%)
I am comfortable dispensing Naloxone to:
 A family member of someone who injects opiates 93 (32.7%)
 An adult friend of someone who injects opiates 80 (28.2%)
 A person who injects opiates, but only if they are not requesting to purchase it repeatedly 58 (20.4%)
 A person who injects opiates even if they seek to purchase it repeatedly 30 (10.6%)
 A teenager (15–17 yrs of age) who is a friend of someone who injects opiates 26 (9.2%)
 Any of the people in the listed scenarios (above) 136 (47.9%)
 I am not comfortable dispensing naloxone to any of these people (above) 52 (18.3%)
Pharmacists can be an important resource for injection drug users who may not have access to healthcare in the community (Generally agree) 218 (76.8%)
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