A total of 93 pharmacies were invited to participate in the study and 36 pharmacies (39% response rate) accepted the invitation.
Overture Services has stopped selling search-related advertising to unlicensed online pharmacies, in response to concern about illegal drug sales over the Internet.
At the end of the 6-month period, the number of vaccine adult-doses delivered by local pharmacies in response to GPs' prescriptions was recorded.
The SILS asks, "How often do you need to have someone help you when you read instructions, pamphlets, or other written material from your doctor or pharmacy?" Possible responses are 1-Never, 2-Rarely, 3-Sometimes, 4-Often, and 5-Always.
Phase 3 patient interviews: From the 191 recruitment packs distributed by 22 pharmacies, 30 responses were received from patients at 9 pharmacies (16% response rate).
In collaboration with ABDA (Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Apothekerverbände--Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists), a total of 3.600 pharmacies, part of the ABDA network, were invited to participate in the study, from which 38 pharmacies (1% response rate) accepted the invitation.
A total of 40 pharmacies (43% response rate) agreed to participate in the study.
Data for 5447 patients were collected from 1890 pharmacies (56.9% response rate), of which 4843 patients were 65 years of age or older.
Members of the Association were asked to send a single response (per pharmacy) via FAX, and 3321 pharmacies were identified as providers of home visit services.
A total of 1,121 pharmacy customers completed questionnaires (response rate 62%), of which 65% (n = 728) were from metropolitan Melbourne, 27% (n = 307) from the Gold Coast region and 8% (n = 86) from Wagga Wagga.
