Table 3 Comparison of key characteristics of compounding and non-compounding pharmacies
From: Prevalence, determinants, and characteristics of extemporaneous compounding in Jordanian pharmacies
Determinant | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Perform Compounding | Yes (N = 223) | No (N = 208) | |
N (%) | |||
Pharmacy Type: Hospital | 3 (13) | 20 (87) | 0.000* |
Community | 220 (53.9) | 188 (46.1) | |
Chain | 69 (60.5) | 45 (39.5) | 0.623* |
Independent | 151 (51.4) | 143 (48.6) | |
Mean ±SD | |||
Number of Pharmacists | 2.7 ±1.0 | 2.1 ± 1.8 | 0.000¥ |
Number of Assistant | 0.64 ± 0.9 | 0.69 ± 0.9 | 0.600¥ |
Number of Personnel | 0.7 ± 0.8 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | 0.022¥ |
Average Daily Number of All Received Prescriptions | 20 (10-40)# | 15 (6-27.8# | 0.000¥ |