Qualitative study on the implementation of professional pharmacy services in Australian community pharmacies using framework analysis

Table 2 Participant characteristics

		Pharmacists n = 25	Pharmacies n = 21
Staff Type	Employee	9
	Services Manager	2
	Pharmacy manager	7
	Owner	7
State of Australia	NSW	17	13
	VIC	1	1
	WA	7	7
Number of MedsCheck Services^a	<10	9	7
	11–100	7	6
	101–400	4	3
	>400	5	5
Pharmacy Size^b	Small	6	5
	Small-medium	8	6
	Medium	6	6
	Large	5	4
Pharmacy Type^c	Independent	6	5
	Banner group	12	11
	Discount chain	7	5
Pharmacy Location	Local shopping strip	12	10
	Central Business District	4	3
	Shopping centre (mall)	9	8

^aProvided for the year between December 2012 – and November 2013
^bSize determined by number of pharmacists on duty majority of the time: Small = 1, Small-medium = 2, Medium = 3–4, Large = ≥5
^cBanner groups: pharmacies who act as a franchise for marketing, management and purchasing purposes Discount chains: banner groups marketed as discounters

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