• Qingran Sun, Yi Wang, Pei Wang, Yuankai Huang, and Xiaoyu Xi.
• National Medical Products Administration Key Laboratory for Drug Regulatory Innovation and Evaluation, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.
• Patient Prefer Adher. 2024 Jan 1; 18: 140914221409-1422.

PurposeThis study aimed to survey and analyze the preferences for pharmacist-managed clinic among urban residents in China.Materials And MethodsA discrete choice experiment was conducted in Nanjing, China. A D-efficient fractional factorial design was used to generate the questionnaire. Three models were used to investigate each patient's strength of preference and preference heterogeneity. The relative importance for each treatment attribute was also determined.Results156 usable questionnaires (of 228 questionnaires sent out) were received. Respondents preferred pharmacist-managed clinics with the following characteristics: good pharmacists' knowledge and clinical medication practice competency, lower consultation fees, a dedicated consultation room, physician-pharmacist joint clinic, with pharmacists' knowledge competency receiving the highest priority. Latent class analysis revealed three classes (Experiential Type, Content Type and Economic Type) were identified based on respondents' preferences for pharmacist-managed clinics.ConclusionThe respondents were willing to choose a PMC relative to the current situation. When deciding on a pharmacist-managed clinic, residents are driven by pharmacists' competency, consultation fee, availability of consultation rooms and collaborative care or independent pharmacist service. Differences in patients' preferences identified in the study provide information on pharmacist-managed clinics that meet residents' expectations.© 2024 Sun et al.

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