American journal of hospital pharmacy
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The results of a 1978 survey of outpatient pharmacies in university-affiliated hospitals are reported. A questionnaire with 55 items was sent to 75 university-affiliated hospitals with outpatient clinics. Sixty hospitals responded. ⋯ The straight-fee pricing system was used by 62% of outpatient pharmacies but pricing systems varied with the type of product dispensed. Computer services were used in 28% of the outpatient pharmacies but were restricted mainly to accounting and inventory functions. Only 15% of the outpatient pharmacies maintained patient profiles for all patients served, and only 21% conducted special patient education programs in drug therapy.