Community Pharmacist Perspectives on Chronic Medicine Supply in Malaysia

A research study explores community pharmacists' views on a public-private partnership model for repeat medicine supply in Malaysia. The study employed a mixed-methods design, including a nationwide survey of 433 pharmacists and in-depth interviews with 15 pharmacists. The document, authored by Pengyeow Loh and last updated in June 2026, presents findings on perceived benefits, barriers, and facilitators for the collaboration.

Use Cases

• Analyze pharmacist support for service models based on survey results showing 88.4% willingness to participate.
• Identify key operational facilitators for public-private partnerships based on described needs for clear procedures and timely reimbursement.
• Assess perceived patient benefits of pharmacy-based dispensing based on reported high agreement on convenience (96.3%), time saving (95.6%), and reduced travel costs (88.5%).

Strengths

• Includes quantitative data from a nationwide survey of 433 community pharmacists.
• Combines quantitative findings with qualitative insights from 15 in-depth interviews.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The primary data file is a DOCX document (18.3 KB), not a structured dataset; analysis requires extracting data from the report text.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data semantics must be inferred from the narrative.
• The dataset's small size and format limit direct machine-readability for analysis.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Concurrent embedded mixed-methods design combining a nationwide survey and in-depth interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:19:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malaysia