Table 2 Characteristics of Participating Pharmacies Performing Extemporaneous Compounding

Perform Compounding

 Yes

223 (51.7)

  Hospital

3(1.3)

  Community

220 (98.7)

 Yes

208 (48.3)

  Hospital

20 (9.6)

  Community

188 (90.4)

Average Number of Total Prescriptions/day (N=382)

20 (10–30)

Average Number of Prescriptions per day for Compounded Orders* (N=16)^a

1.5 (1–4.8)

Average Number of Prescriptions per week for Compounding Orders* (N=42)^a

2 (1–3)

Average Number of Prescriptions per month for Compounding Orders* (N=164)^a

2 (1–4)

Total Number of Years of Providing Compounding (N=220)

10 (4–18)

Reasons for Providing Compounding Services (N = 223)^b

 Medication is not commercially available

196 (87.9)

 Dosage Form not commercially available

51 (22.9)

 Needed Dose not commercially available

152 (68.2)

 Stability of the desired product

6 (2.7)

 Improve adherence to medications

102 (45.7)

 Other

1 (0.4)

Reasons for Not Providing Compounding Services (N = 431)^b

 No prescriptions for compounded preparations

232 (53.8)

 Compounding require a lot of time (No time)

22 (5.1)

 No equipment or/and supplies

105 (24.4)

 Pharmacy staff lack skills/training on compounding

15 (3.5)

 There are no regulations

9 (2.1)

 Lack of trust on compounded medications

23 (5.3)

 Compounding of medications is too expensive

14 (3.2)

 Compounding of medications is too difficult

32 (7.4)

 Compounded medications final cost is too high

11 (2.6)

 Others

5 (1.1)