Study of the dislocation of pharmacy organizations in case of the city of Kazan

Introduction. The importance of pharmacies has not been diminishing for about 400 years. In modern conditions, retail and wholesale pharmaceutical organizations provide medicinal assistance to the population and health care facilities. The transition of pharmaceutical organizations to market relations has made changes in the structure of pharmaceutical service at all levels, various organizational and legal entities of pharmaceutical (pharmacy) organizations have appeared, and their management system and principles of placement have changed. Objective: to investigate the organizational aspects of pharmacy dislocations (in case of one Kazan district). Material and methods. The investigation object was the pharmacies of the Novo-Savinovsky District of Kazan. The study methods were sociological (questionnaire survey of pharmacy managers and visitors) and cartographic analyses. Results. The investigators analyzed the responses from two groups of respondents (pharmacy managers and visitors) concerning the most important issues in planning the dislocation of pharmacies in the region: the average radius of pharmacy service; the average time taken to move from pharmacy to pharmacy; the average number of visitors per pharmacy per day, and a number of other issues. Conclusion. The study showed the need to develop standards for the dislocation of pharmacies. Investigation of the organizational aspects of the dislocation of pharmacies in case of one of the most numerous and dynamically developing Kazan districts made it possible to propose standards for the placement of pharmacies, by taking into account the optimal size of the population served by a pharmacy, the number of pharmacy visitors during 1 day and the time required to move from pharmacy to pharmacy.

pharmacy, pharmacy manager, visitors to pharmacies, dislocation of pharmacies, regulations, placement, radius of service