The Pharmacist
Workforce: A Study of the Supply and Demand For Pharmacists
In
response to concern for a possible shortage of licensed pharmacists,
Congress, in December 1999, directed the Department of Health and
Human Services to conduct a study to determine whether and to what
extent there such a shortage and seek comments regarding such a
shortage.
Released in December
2000, the HRSA National Center for Health Workforce Information
and Analysis study indicates:
-
Emergence
of a shortage of pharmacists
-
Sharp increases
in demand for pharmacy services
-
Declines
in pharmacy school applications
-
Factors causing
the shortage not likely to abate without fundamental changes
in pharmacy practice and education
-
Results of
shortage include less time for pharmacists to counsel patients;
greater potential for fatigue-related pharmacist errors; fewer
pharmacy school faculty
You may view/download/print
the entire study or any of its five chapters. All files are
in the Adobe Acrobat™ format and you must have the free
Acrobat™ Reader installed on your computer.
The
Pharmacist Workforce: A Study of the Supply and Demand for Pharmacists
(1227K, 101 pages)
Chapter 1: The
Pharmacist Shortage (915K, 21 pages)
Chapter 2: Factors
Influencing the Demand for Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Care
(89K, 11 pages)
Chapter 3: Expanding
Professional Roles, Quality of Pharmaceutical Care and Prevention
of Medication Errors (42K, 12 pages)
Chapter 4: The
Supply of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Education and Training (107K,
23 pages)
Chapter 5: Summary
of Comments from Public and Private Sectors (72K, 20
pages)
Appendix
and References (60K, 10 pages)
HRSA News Release on The Pharmacist Workforce
study
|
