Table 2 Readiness of pharmacists to provide vaccination services in community pharmacies
From: Readiness and willingness of Malaysian community pharmacists in providing vaccination services
Issue | Level of agreement | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly agree, n (%) | Agree, n (%) | Disagree, n (%) | Strongly disagree, n (%) | |
Community pharmacists have good knowledge of vaccine and their indications | 179 (36.4) | 264 (53.7) | 47 (9.6) | 2 (0.4) |
Community pharmacists are easily accessible to the community | 403 (81.9) | 87 (17.7) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0) |
Providing vaccination through community pharmacy will improve the overall vaccination coverage rate | 361 (73.4) | 122 (24.8) | 9 (1.8) | 0 (0) |
Providing vaccination through community pharmacy will improve the vaccination coverage in a certain group of patients, such as adult and elderly | 338 (68.7) | 144 (29.3) | 9 (1.8) | 1 (0.2) |
The vaccination programme administered in community pharmacies is cost-effective | 240 (48.8) | 199 (40.4) | 46 (9.3) | 7 (1.4) |
Community pharmacists can play an important role in advertising and promoting vaccination | 357 (72.6) | 131 (26.6) | 4 (0.8) | 0 (0) |