Identifying Community Pharmacists Preferences for Attributes of Public Health Interventions Delivered Through Private Retail Pharmacies: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Wellcome Trust
KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Private retail pharmacies are the first point of contact for most people seeking treatment for minor illness in LMICs. They play a significant role in delivery of public health interventions (PHIs). In Kenya, for example, retail pharmacies are involved in the provision of family planning services, HIV counselling and testing services and malaria treatment. Despite the role private retail pharmacies play in delivering PHIs, there is limited evidence on the attributes of PHIs that community pharmacists (pharmacists working in private retail pharmacies) value and the trade-offs they would be willing to make. Moreover, private retail pharmacies have competing interests aimed at maximizing profits. It is therefore essential that the contracts policy makers design for them are aligned with their incentives. The proposed study aims to elicit the preferences of community pharmacists for attributes of PHIs in Kenya, utilizing a discrete the choice experiment (DCE) approach. A DCE is a stated preference method used to elicit individuals’ preferences for goods and services using hypothetical scenarios. The mixed-method study will involve 350 participants from 4 counties. Data will be analyzed using thematic analysis and conditional-logit model. Findings will inform policy makers in design and implementation of PHIs through private retail pharmacies.
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