PHARMACIES across Australia are being invited to express their interest in taking part in a targeted survey with the aim of directly obtaining "relevant financial data from a broad cross section of Australian community pharmacies".
The survey was flagged last month by Stephen King, chair of the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation (PD 01 Nov), who issued an update on Fri extending an open invitation to participate.
"The Panel is aware of a number of similar financial studies of community pharmacy," he wrote.
"However we feel that these do not provide the level of detail (pharmacy location and business model) or reach (coverage of all pharmacy types and membership bases) to build the best understanding of the current, and possible future, operating environments for pharmacy in Australia," King said.
The online survey will gather readily available financial data, with all details de-identified and maintained in the strictest confidence.
1,500 individual pharmacy owners and managers will be personally invited to participate, with selections based on a representative spread of community pharmacies across metropolitan, regional and remote areas covering all PhARIA categories and operating models.
Participating pharmacies will be provided with a personalised summary report allowing them to compare their own data with aggregated data from other pharmacies on key financial and PBS-related measures.
The survey will be available to complete until 16 Jan 2017, and pharmacies wanting to register their interest in taking part can email their address and contact details to the secretariat via pharmacyreview@health.gov.au.
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