Table 2 Reasons for community pharmacists’ willingness to provide immunization services
Reasons | Response (%) n = 76 | *Level of agreement | |
|---|---|---|---|
Disagree n (%) | Agree n (%) | ||
Community pharmacists have good knowledge of vaccine and their indications | 60 (78.9) | 9 (15.0) | 51 (85.0)** |
Community pharmacists are easily accessible to the community | 57 (75.0) | 1 (1.7) | 56 (98.3)** |
Providing immunization through community pharmacy will improve the rate of vaccination in general | 59 (77.6) | 5 (8.5) | 54 (91.5)** |
Providing immunization through community pharmacy will improve the rate of vaccination in a certain age group of patients such as the elderly | 51 (67.1) | 4 (7.8) | 47 (92.2)** |
Its cost effectiveness | 50 (65.8) | 21 (42.0) | 29 (58.0) |
Community pharmacist can play an important role in advertising and promotion of vaccination | 63 (82.9) | 8 (12.7) | 55 (87.3)** |