Jeroen van de Pol

155 5 Preferences of patients regarding community pharmacy services: A discrete choice experiment Supplementary material Table 1: Information provided about the different attributes and levels. Attribute Information screen (before the choice tasks) Tooltip (during the choice tasks) Drugs for minor ailments without a doctors’ prescription Minor ailments are for example a cough, eczema or a fungal nail. Do you want the pharmacist to only dispense OTC drugs? Or do you want the pharmacist to be able to dispense prescription drugs without a doctor’s prescription? Attribute: Minor ailments are for example cough and eczema that can be treated fairly easy. Level: Only OTC drugs The pharmacist can only dispense an OTC drug without a doctor’s prescription (e.g. cough syrup). Level: Also Rx drugs The pharmacist is trained to dispense prescription drugs without a doctor’s prescription. Advice suitability drug regarding genetic heredity How your body responds to a drug is also based on genetic heredity. If a pharmacist has access to this information, he/she is better able to assess if a drug will be suitable for you. Based on a simple test, the pharmacist can advise both you and your doctor. Attribute: Based on genetic information, the pharmacist can determine how you will respond to a drug. The pharmacist can advise you if a drug is suitable for you. Level: No advice regarding heredity The pharmacist will not use genetic information to provide advice. Level: Advice regarding heredity The pharmacist will use your genetic information to judge and advice regarding the suitability of drugs. Availability of point- of-care testing in the pharmacy By using these tests, the pharmacist can show you for example if your cholesterol and blood sugar levels are in order. Attribute: The pharmacist offers tests to for example screen your blood sugar, cholesterol levels. Level: No tests The pharmacist does not offer these tests. Level: Offers tests The pharmacists offers tests and provides advice based on the outcome. Track & Trace of the dispensing process With track & trace, you can see if your prescription has been filled and when it will be delivered or if you can pick it up. Attribute: With track & trace, you can see if your prescription has been filled and when it will be delivered or if you can pick it up. Level: No track & trace The pharmacist does not offer track and trace. Level: Offers track & trace You are able to see what the current status is of your prescription.