Ryan Kathleen, Norris Pauline, Becket Gordon
School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
N Z Med J. 2005 Oct 7;118(1223):U1677.
The initial aim of the research projects was to examine the geographic distribution, patronage patterns, and loyalty of prescription clients around individual community pharmacies. A second aim was to explore the geographical and socioeconomic variation in the use of prescription medicines and prescribing trends both between and within therapeutic classes.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology (including the tabulating, geocoding, and mapping functions) was used to analyse the information that is held in community pharmacy databases.
These studies demonstrated the use of this technology to show variation in local use of prescription medicines, at both an individual level and a population level, through the analysis of data already held in community pharmacy databases.
The use of GIS technology and pre-existing community pharmacy databases enables improved data capture on the prescription--and medication-related behaviour of health-service consumers.
这些研究项目的最初目的是调查各个社区药房周围处方客户的地理分布、光顾模式和忠诚度。第二个目的是探索不同治疗类别之间以及治疗类别内部在使用处方药方面的地理和社会经济差异以及处方趋势。
利用地理信息系统（GIS）技术（包括制表、地理编码和绘图功能）来分析社区药房数据库中所保存的数据。
这些研究表明，通过分析社区药房数据库中已有的数据，利用该技术能够在个体层面和群体层面展示当地处方药使用情况的差异。
使用GIS技术和现有的社区药房数据库能够更好地获取有关医疗服务消费者处方及用药相关行为的数据。
