Impact of pharmacy deregulation and regulation in European countries

The aim of the study was to understand the community pharmacy systems of countries with a deregulated community pharmacy sector (England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden) on the one hand and countries with the regulated community pharmacies sector (Austria, Denmark, Finland, and Spain) onThe other hand, and to identify possible parallels between these two groups of countries.

Abstract

Gesundheit Osterreich Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft GmbH (GOG FP), a subsidiary of Gesundheit Osterreich GmbH (GOG) / Austrian Health Institute was commissioned by the Association of Danish Pharmacies (Danmarks Apotekerforening) to survey and analyse community pharmacy systems in selected European countries. The aim of the study was to understand the community pharmacy systems of countries with a deregulated community pharmacy sector (England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden) on the one hand and countries with a regulated community pharmacy sector (Austria, Denmark, Finland, and Spain) on the other hand, and to identify possible parallels between these two groups of countries.