Table 3. Pharmacy and pharmacy staff characteristics.
| Pharmacy characteristics | n=69 (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy type | ||
| Attached to doctor’s clinic | 50 | (72%) |
| Not attached to doctor’s clinic | 19 | (28%) |
| Pharmacy ownership | ||
| Pharmacist | 7 | (10%) |
| Non-pharmacist | 60 | (87%) |
| Other (i.e., joint business of pharmacist and non-pharmacist) | 2 | (3%) |
| Estimated total patients served per day* | 4595 | |
| Estimated total patients served for self-medication per day* | 2975 | |
| Average pharmacy opening hours per week (hours) | 90 | SD 31 |
| Total number of staff employed in the 69 pharmacies surveyed | 352 | |
| Total number of pharmacists | 75 | |
| Total number of pharmacy technicians | 86 | |
| Total number of staff without formal education in pharmacy | 191 | |
| Total staff working hours per week (hours) | ||
| Pharmacists | 1270 | |
| Pharmacy technicians | 3542 | |
| Other staff without formal education in pharmacy | 8973 | |
| Pharmacy staff characteristics | n=173 (%) | |
| Professional background | ||
| Pharmacists$ | 42 | (24%) |
| Pharmacy technicians^ | 32 | (19%) |
| Staff without formal educational backgrounds in pharmacy | 99 | (57%) |
| Age (years; mean) | 30 | SD 7.8 |
| Gender: female | 140 | (81%) |
| Working experience (years; median, IQR#) | 3 | IQR=1.5–7 |
| Ever attended training on self-medication after graduation from the highest education qualification | ||
| Yes | 19 | (11%) |
| No | 154 | (89%) |
*
calculated from 67 pharmacies; there were missing data from 2 pharmacies for these questions
$
A pharmacist in Indonesia is a person who has a bachelor degree in pharmacy and holds a pharmacist registration training certificate.
^
A pharmacy technician in Indonesia is a person who has graduated from pharmacy assistant school or has a three year diploma in pharmacy or a person who has a bachelor degree in pharmacy without holding a pharmacist registration training certificate.
#
IQR = Interquartile range.