Table 1 Social and economic value of the current community pharmacies services
From: Social and economic value of Portuguese community pharmacies in health care
Current services | |||
|---|---|---|---|
With service | Without service | Difference | |
Population Covered (n) | 4,180,190 | 4,180,190 | 0 |
Estimated number of pharmaceutical services (n) | 120,675,438 | 0 | 120,675,438 |
Time spent in services (hours) | 11,087,135 | 0 | 11,087,135 |
Social Value | |||
Quality of Life | |||
Quality of Life (growth rate, %) | 0.813 | 0.751 | 0.062 (+8.3%) |
Quality adjusted life years | 3,399,191 | 3,138,946 | 260,245 |
Health Resource Utilisation (n) | 20,818,175 | 26,853,745 | −6,035,571 |
Physician visits (n) | 17,881,598 | 23,872,706 | −5,991,108 |
Emergency-room visits (n) | 2,871,217 | 2,893,271 | −22,054 |
Hospitalisations (n) | 65,359 | 87,768 | −22,409 |
Economic Value | |||
Total cost (€) | 1, 192.2 M€ | 2, 071.9 M€ | −879.6 M€ |
Community pharmacy (€) | |||
Community pharmacist’ service (monetary compensated and non-monetary compensated) | −352.1 M€ | 0.0 € | −352.1 M€ |
Patients | 10.0 M€ | 0.0 € | 10.0 M€ |
Cost of Health Resource Utilisation (€) | |||
Physician visits | 1, 198.4 M€ | 1, 599.9 M€ | −401.5 M€ |
Emergency-room visits | 206.3 M€ | 207.9 M€ | −1.6 M€ |
Hospitalisations | 134.4 M€ | 179.4 M€ | −45.0 M€ |
Other costs (€) | |||
Medicines waste management | 14.9 M€ | 85.0 M€ | −70.1 M€ |
Syringe exchange program | −6.3 M€ | −0.3 M€ | −6.0 M€ |
Others | −13.4 M€ | 0 | −13.4 M€ |