A national survey of pharmacists and interns in Aotearoa New Zealand: provision and views of extended services in community pharmacies

Table 3 The community pharmacy

	Pharmacy^a
*Number of staff (including respondent)* (mean and range)^b
Pharmacists	2.6	(1–22)
Interns	0.3	(0–14)
Pharmacy Accuracy Checking Technicians	0.1	(0–6)
Other technicians	1.7	(0–15)
*Pharmacy location A* (column %)^c
Main centre (5 major cities)	53
Urban area, pop’n 30,000+	20
Urban area, pop’n 10,000-29,000	11
Urban area, pop’n 1000-9999	12
Rural area, pop’n < 1000	3
Did not answer	< 1
*Pharmacy location B* (%; multiple responses allowed)^b
Within or next door to a health centre	46
In a central city or town shopping area	32
In a suburban shopping area	34
Supermarket	4
Part of Māori health service or in close proximity to a Māori health service/ provider and/or marae community	8
Part of Pacific health service or in close proximity to a Pacific health service/ provider and/or Pacific community	2
Other	7
Did not answer	< 1
*Pharmacy ownership* (column %)^b
Independent	84
Corporate	14
Other	3
Did not answer	< 1
*Part of a branded pharmacy retail group* (column %)^b
Yes	41
No	59
Did not answer	< 1
*Financial sustainability – Given current levels of funding for community pharmacy, would you describe this community pharmacy as:* (column %)^d
Thriving	9
Getting by	63
Unable to survive long-term	19
Don’t know	10
Did not answer	< 1

Note: a) Based on weighted responses of pharmacists; b) Of 554 community pharmacists, < 0.2% had left the survey at this point; c) Similarly, 8.1% and d) 7.0% of community pharmacists had left the survey at this point. They are not included in the analysis

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