A National Survey on the Prevalence and Impact of Multiple Pharmacy Use in Specialty Pharmacy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 401
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Percentage of Patients using Multiple Pharmacies
研究概览
简要总结
Specialty medications often have dispensing restrictions which can be dictated by manufacturer limited distribution strategies, narrow insurance networks, or a combination of both. Unfortunately, this may result in patients being required to use 2 or more pharmacies to fill their prescription medications; this is referred to as multiple pharmacy use (MPU). The investigators' plan is to administer a survey to patients who have been prescribed one or more specialty medications to evaluate the prevalence of MPU in this population as well as to investigate patients' attitudes about MPU and potential factors increasing the likelihood of MPU
详细描述
The investigators will identify patients from participating member sites via a review of prescribing records for specific specialty medications. Patients will be contacted via telephone to explain the purpose and risk of the study. Consented patients will then be asked a series of 11 questions about their attitudes and experience with taking and obtaining their specialty medication(s). Additional demographic and clinical information about patients will be collected via chart review.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Subjects 18 years of age or older
- •English-speakers
- •An active patient of a performance institution and ability to provide informed consent to participate with the survey
- •Electronically prescribed at least one specialty medication by a performance site provider, which can be either a new or renewed order, within the last 3 months
排除标准
- •Subjects less than 18 years of age
- •Non-English speakers
- •Patients that cannot or are unwilling to provide consent
- •Patients who have not had a new or renewed specialty medication prescription order placed electronically within the last 3 months
结局指标
主要结局
Percentage of Patients using Multiple Pharmacies
时间窗: Within one year of study initiation
Of all patients consented, the percentage of patients using more than one pharmacy to obtain their medications
次要结局
- Experience with obtaining and administering medications(Within one year of study initiation)
- Self-reported adherence and barriers(Within one year of study initiation)
- Method of obtaining medications(Within one year of study initiation)