Jeroen van de Pol

53 Balancing traditional activities and cognitivepharmaceutical services by community pharmacists: 2 Table 5: Background information on the three groups. When type of pharmacist is defined as resident, this means that he/she is the pharmacist within the community pharmacy that holds final responsibility for all activities within the community pharmacy practice. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 p-value Background information N = 34 N = 37 N = 20 Gender (%) • Male 38.2 29.7 30.0 0.711 Age in years (average ± SD) 39.6 ± 10.7 40.7 ± 10.4 36.6 ± 11.2 0.359 Graduation year (average ± SD) 2001 ± 10.0 2000 ± 10.0 2004 ± 10.0 0.312 Type of pharmacist (%) • Resident and (partial) owner • Resident in paid employment • Locum pharmacist 26.5 41.2 32.4 40.5 29.7 29.7 15.0 40.0 45.0 0.318 Working hours per week (average ± SD) 36.3 ± 9.1 36.8 ± 6.1 37.3 ± 6.2 0.470 Self-reported extent of control over time utilization (%) • Yes, fully in control • More or less in control 55.9 44.1 51.4 48.6 50.0 50.0 0.894 Pharmacy part of a chain or partnership (%) • Not part of a chain- or partnership • Yes. Less than 5 pharmacies • Yes. Between 5-25 pharmacies • Yes. With over 25 pharmacies 38.2 23.5 17.6 20.6 32.4 21.6 32.4 13.5 35.0 20.0 25.0 20.0 0.883 Age of population of residential area (%) • Mostly younger inhabitant • Both young and old inhabitants • Mostly older inhabitants 11.8 52.9 35.3 16.2 37.8 45.9 5.0 30.0 65.0 0.233 Utilizing centralized prescription processing (central fill) (%) • Yes • No 55.9 44.1 62.2 37.8 50.0 50.0 0.664 Want to spend more time on direct patient contact (%) • Yes • No 52.9 47.1 81.1 18.9 75.0 25.0 0.030 Completely satisfied with current time- utilization (%) • Yes • No 2.9 97.1 10.8 89.2 15.0 85.0 0.272 Extra financial support from healthcare insurer to stimulate cooperation with GP (%) • Yes • No 26.5 73.5 18.9 81.1 40.0 60.0 0.226