Open AccessPhysician Attitudes Toward Pharmacist-Run Anticoagulation Clinics in Department of Defense Health Services Region 5
Author(s) -
Eric A. Shalita,
Peter D. Hurd,
John D. James,
Carl J. Tullio,
Cynthia A. Wuller
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of managed care pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-706X
pISSN - 1083-4087
DOI - 10.18553/jmcp.1998.4.4.413
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , family medicine , health care , demographics , active duty , free clinic , likert scale , multidisciplinary approach , population , clinical pharmacy , pharmacy , medical emergency , nursing , military personnel , environmental health , social science , statistics , demography , mathematics , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The objective of the study was to determine physician attitudes toward pharmacist-run anticoagulation clinics in the Department of Defense Health Services Region 5. All active-duty military physicians (208.total) in eight medical specialties serving in the region's health care facilities were surveyed, using Likert scales to quantify their responses. The survey, which received a 67% response rate (n=138), measured various attitudes regarding expanded roles for pharmacists and nonpharmacist health care providers as well as physician training location demographics. Based on the survey results, three of the four hypotheses were support- ed by the survey data. The study concludes that physicians who have experi-
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