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ArticleFrontiers in public health2021

Pharmacist's Perspectives on Administering a COVID-19 Vaccine in Community Pharmacies in Four Balkan Countries.

Adina Turcu-Stiolica, Maria Kamusheva, Maria Bogdan, Ivana Tadic, Klejda Harasani, Mihaela-Simona Subtirelu, Andreea-Daniela Meca, Sofia Šesto, Marina Odalović, Jasmina Arsić and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Adina Turcu-StiolicaDepartment of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Maria KamushevaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Maria BogdanDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Ivana TadicDepartment of Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Klejda HarasaniDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
Mihaela-Simona SubtireluDepartment of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Andreea-Daniela MecaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Sofia ŠestoDepartment of Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Marina OdalovićDepartment of Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Jasmina ArsićDepartment of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Municipio de Novi Sad, Serbia.
Svetlana StojkovDepartment of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Municipio de Novi Sad, Serbia.
Emili TerzievaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Guenka PetrovaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova · ROMedical University of Sofia · BGUniversity of Belgrade · RSUniversity of Novi Sad · RSUniversity of Medicine Tirana · AL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community pharmacists expanded their roles and engaged in vaccination services in many countries around the world, but not in Balkan countries. This research aimed to assess the perceptions of pharmacists on involvement in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine administration in four Balkan countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia). A cross-sectional survey was conducted using an online questionnaire that was distributed to community pharmacists across these countries between February and March 2021. A total of 636 community pharmacists were included in the analysis of the survey. The willingness to administer vaccines for COVID-19 (or other vaccines well established in the practice, like a flu vaccine) in community pharmacies is significantly different among the countries: the pharmacists from Albania were more willing to administer vaccines. The factors associated with the eagerness to vaccinate are almost the same among the countries: the lack of training in the faculty classes and the lack of a special place where to administer vaccines. Additional significant factors were found in Bulgaria (pharmacists from independent pharmacies wanted more than the pharmacists working in chain pharmacies to administer vaccines) and in Serbia (male pharmacists agreed more with administering vaccines than female pharmacists). Further national reforms are needed for adopting the expanding role of community pharmacists.

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COVID-19PharmaciesBalkan PeninsulaCOVID-19 VaccinesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePharmacistsSARS-CoV-2VaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesBalkan countriescommunity pharmacyCOVID-19pharmaciststrainingvaccination

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PMID34900910
PMCPMC8655838
OpenAlexW3215816137

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