• Home
  • About Us
    • Organizing Committee
    • Student Steering Committee
  • Our Events
    • CHR Conference Summer 2021 >
      • Keynote Address
      • Panel Presentations
      • Middle/High School Science Projects
      • Five-Minute Thesis
      • Poster Presentations
    • Twelve Days of Research 2020 >
      • 12 Days AHEAD Blog Posts
    • CHRW Spring 2020 >
      • Five-Minute Thesis
      • Poster Presentations >
        • Posters
      • ASD-South Science Fair >
        • Return of Diseases
        • The Five-Second Rule
        • Bacteria Growth
        • Concussion Myths
        • Mind Ready
        • Gaming and Your Health
        • Performance
        • Radishes
  • Contact
ATLANTIC HEALTH EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Organizing Committee
    • Student Steering Committee
  • Our Events
    • CHR Conference Summer 2021 >
      • Keynote Address
      • Panel Presentations
      • Middle/High School Science Projects
      • Five-Minute Thesis
      • Poster Presentations
    • Twelve Days of Research 2020 >
      • 12 Days AHEAD Blog Posts
    • CHRW Spring 2020 >
      • Five-Minute Thesis
      • Poster Presentations >
        • Posters
      • ASD-South Science Fair >
        • Return of Diseases
        • The Five-Second Rule
        • Bacteria Growth
        • Concussion Myths
        • Mind Ready
        • Gaming and Your Health
        • Performance
        • Radishes
  • Contact

Poster Presentations

These posters are part of the Collaborative Atlantic Health Research Conference 2021. We encourage you to ask questions to and engage in discussion with our presenters this week, by leaving comments on their post.

Presenting authors are BOLDED.

Projected Outcomes of an Expanded Role for Pharmacists in Publicly Funded Immunization Services in New Brunswick

8/9/2021

1 Comment

 
by Dr. Chris Folkins, Clark Brewster, Rebecca Foster, Adrienne Gulliver & Emily Thomson

Abstract: In New Brunswick, pharmacy professionals can provide a range of immunizations to the public. However, only the provision of the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines are currently reimbursed by the government. Patients seeking other vaccines at pharmacies must pay out of pocket or use private insurance to cover both service fees and drug costs. Many vaccines are publicly-funded by the province and are available through physicians at no personal cost, yet thousands of residents are without family doctors and instead seek the convenience of pharmacies for this service, despite the price. Administrative data accessed through NB-IRDT was used to investigate how the expansion of publicly-funded vaccines administered by pharmacy professionals could impact health care costs, access to care, and health outcomes for New Brunswick. Linear regressions were performed to forecast pharmacist-administered vaccine counts and cost estimates for the year 2023 with the addition of two vaccines in pharmacists’ publicly-funded immunization scope. Based on eligibility criteria and ease of patient assessment, vaccines protecting against pneumonia, tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis were included in our model. Our results suggest that by joining physicians in the administration of two additional vaccines, pharmacists could improve vaccine uptake in New Brunswick while reducing provincial health care costs. Expanding the scope of pharmacy professionals may also benefit the physician workforce; increasing pharmacists’ capacity to provide additional publicly-funded vaccines resulted in physician time savings. This translates into greater availability for family doctors to roster new patients. The application of our findings could result in health system savings, higher vaccine uptake rates, better access to primary care, and government investment in pharmacy services in New Brunswick. 
1 Comment
Caitlin Robertson
8/10/2021 12:32:20 pm

Such an interesting and important topic! Hopefully this information gets into the hands of stakeholders to make some real change!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed


Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Organizing Committee
    • Student Steering Committee
  • Our Events
    • CHR Conference Summer 2021 >
      • Keynote Address
      • Panel Presentations
      • Middle/High School Science Projects
      • Five-Minute Thesis
      • Poster Presentations
    • Twelve Days of Research 2020 >
      • 12 Days AHEAD Blog Posts
    • CHRW Spring 2020 >
      • Five-Minute Thesis
      • Poster Presentations >
        • Posters
      • ASD-South Science Fair >
        • Return of Diseases
        • The Five-Second Rule
        • Bacteria Growth
        • Concussion Myths
        • Mind Ready
        • Gaming and Your Health
        • Performance
        • Radishes
  • Contact