Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, Norway.
School of Health Sciences, Kristiania University College, 0152 Oslo, Norway.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 27;19(13):7885. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137885.
The objective of the study was to analyze and compare public hospital pharmacy practices in Pakistan and Norway. In addition, the study intended to identify the challenges to improving the public hospital pharmacy system and to propose recommendations that could help reform the practice to enhance patient safety and compliance. A cross-sectional study was conducted to understand public hospital pharmacies' organizational structure and determine their practices in Norway and Pakistan. The results of the research showed differences in 11 main areas of the pharmacy systems of the sampled hospitals. When compared to Norway, the study found that the public hospital pharmacy system in Pakistan could be improved in nine main areas. The results show that hospital pharmacies in Pakistan could benefit from the experience of similar international structures in relation to universal standards and practices.
本研究旨在分析和比较巴基斯坦和挪威的公立医院药房实践,并确定改善公立医院药房系统所面临的挑战,提出有助于改革实践以提高患者安全性和依从性的建议。本研究采用横断面研究方法,旨在了解挪威和巴基斯坦公立医院药房的组织结构和实践情况。研究结果显示,抽样医院药房系统在 11 个主要领域存在差异。与挪威相比,研究发现巴基斯坦公立医院药房系统在 9 个主要领域有待改进。结果表明,巴基斯坦医院药房可以借鉴类似国际结构在普遍标准和实践方面的经验。