Prescribing Pharmacists - A Decision Maker Emerges

Prescribing Pharmacists - A Decision Maker Emerges

Chapter One: Executive Summary
 
  • Scope and Methodology
  • Markets - Pharmacists Impact
  • The Prescribing Pharmacist
  • Main Drivers For Increased Pharmacist Prescription Authority
  • Issues and Trends Shaping the Industry
  • Methodology

Chapter Two: Introduction
 

  • History and Description
  • Role of the US Pharmacist
  • Role in Distributing Controlled Substances
  • Variations in Prescribing Authority
  • Pharmacists Statistics
  • Overview
  • Earnings and Distribution by Employment Type
  • State Concentrations
  • Training and Certification

Chapter Three: Issues and Trends Shaping the Industry
 

  • US Healthcare Expenditures
  • Rising Healthcare Costs and Health Insurance Trends
  • Pharmaceutical Trends
  • Units Sales and Revenues of Top Branded Drugs
  • Population Growth and the Existing Need
  • Medication Safety
  • Medication Errors
  • Reducing Errors in Hospitals
  • Drug Interactions
  • Interactions and the Evolving Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Prescribing Trends of Select Federal Programs
  • State Comparison of Collaborative Practice
  • Hospital Case Studies and Collaborative Drug Therapy Management
  • HCA Hospitals
  • Barriers to Collaborative Practice
  • International Trends
  • England
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
  • Japan
  • Australia

Chapter Four: Pharmacist Impact on
Pharmaceutical Markets

  • Overview
  • The Pharmacist Influence
  • Influencing Drug Choice
  • Influencing Drug Dosage, Administration, or Other Therapy Aspects
  • Therapeutic Areas Most Influenced
  • chapter Five: The Emerging Prescribing Pharmacist
  • Differing Views on Increasing Roles of the Pharmacist
  • Physicians’ View on Increasing Involvement in Prescribing
  • Pharmacists’ View on Increasing Involvement in Prescribing
  • States Most Likely to Implement Independent Prescribing
  • Market Impact

APPENDIX: Nationwide Boards of Pharmacy
 

 


table of exhibits
 

 

Chapter One: Executive Summary
 

  • Figure  1-1: Declining Drug Purchases Not Influenced By Pharmacist 2006-2012
  • Table 1-1: Pharmacists Influence in Drug Selection and/or Therapy Aspect: 2006 and 2012
  • Figure 1-2: Pharmacists Influence in Drug Selection and/or Drug Aspect, 2006 and 2012

Chapter Two: Introduction
 

  • Table 2-1: Examples of Controlled Substances by Schedule
  • Table 2-2: Number of Pharmacists in the Workforce 2004-2006
  • Table 2-3: 2004 Median Annual Income Levels for U.S. Pharmacists
  • Figure 2-1: 2004 Median Annual Income Levels for U.S. Pharmacists
  • Table 2-4: 2005 Leading Employment Areas and Income Statistics for U.S. Pharmacists
  • Table 2-5: 2006 Leading Employment Areas and Income Statistics for U.S. Pharmacists
  • Figure 2-2: Number of Pharmacists (2005/2006) in Leading Employment Areas in the U.S.
  • Figure 2-3: Mean Level of Income (2005/2006) for Leading Employment Areas in the U.S.
  • Table 2-6: Pharmacist Concentrations for the Top Five States in 2006
  • Figure 2-4: Pharmacist Concentrations for the Top Five States in 2006
  • Table 2-7: Pharmacist Concentrations for the Top Five U.S. Metropolitan Areas in 2006
  • Figure 2-5: Pharmacist Concentrations for the Top Five U.S. Metropolitan Areas in 2006
  • Table 2-8: Number of Pharmacists Employed in all U.S. States, District of Columbia and U.S. Territories in 2006
  • Figure 2-6: Top 20 States with the Most Pharmacists in the Workforce in 2006 Table 2-9: Accredited Pharmacy Education Centers by State

Chapter ThreE: Issues and Trends Shaping the Industry
 

  • Table 3-1: U.S. Prescription and Total Healthcare Expenditures 1995, 2000, and 2005
  • Figure 3-1: U.S. Prescription and Total Healthcare Expenditures 1995, 2000, and 2005
  • Table 3-2: Percent Insured in the U.S. by Income Level
  • Figure 3-2: Percent Insured in the U.S. by Income Level
  • Table 3-3: Health Insurance Trends in the United States 2003-2005
  • Figure 3-3: Number Insured in the United States 2003-2005
  • Table 3-4: Retail Pharmaceutical Sales in the U.S. 1995, 2000 and 2004
  • Figure 3-4: Distribution of Retail Pharmaceutical Sales from 1995, 2000 and 2004
  • Table 3-5: Top Ten Prescribed Branded Drugs by Estimated Unit Sales in the U.S.
  • Table 3-5: Top Ten Prescribed Branded Drugs by Estimated Unit Sales in the U.S.
  • Table 3-6: Top Ten Prescribed Branded Drugs and U.S. Revenues
  • Figure 3-6: Top Ten Prescribed Branded Drugs and U.S. Revenues
  • Table 3-7: Top Ten Prescribed Branded Drugs and Worldwide Revenues
  • Figure 3-7: Top Ten Prescribed Branded Drugs and Worldwide Revenues
  • Table 3-8: United States Population and Age Statistics
  • Figure 3-8: United States Population and Age Statistics
  • Table 3-9: Increase in the Oldest U.S. Population
  • Figure 3-9: Increase in the Oldest U.S. Population
  • Figure 3-10: Distribution of Fatal Prescribing Errors
  • Table 3-10: Select 2007 Safety Alerts for Drugs and Therapeutic Biological Products
  • Table 3-11: Drug Interaction Information
  • Figure 3-11: Timeline of U.S. Pharmacy Collaboration
  • Table 3-12: States That Allow Collaboration Agreements between Pharmacist and Physician
  • Table 3-13: Pharmacists per Employment Category in Japan (2004)

Chapter Four: Pharmacist Impact on Pharmaceutical Markets
 

  • Table 4-1: Pharmacists Influence in Drug Selection and/or Drug Therapy Aspect, 2006 and 2012
  • Figure 4-1 : Pharmacists Influence in Drug Selection and/or Therapy Aspect, 2006 and 2012
  • Table 4-2: Pharmacists Influence in the US Drug Market, Influencing Drug Choice, 2006
  • Figure 4-2: Pharmacists Influence in the US Drug Market, Influencing Drug Choice, 2006
  • Figure 4-3: Drug Markets Most Influenced by Pharmacists by  Therapeutic Category, 2006
  • Table 4-3: Pharmacists Influence in the US Drug Market, Influencing Drug Dosage, Administration, and Other Therapy Aspect, 2006
  • Figure 4-3: Pharmacists Influence in the US Drug Market, Influencing Drug Dosage, Administration, and Other Therapy Aspect, 2006

chapter Five: The Emerging Prescribing Pharmacist
 

  • Table 5-1: States Most Likely to Allow Prescription, Those to Follow, and States Not Likely to Allow Independent Prescribing