Adaptation and drug administration - data

 

The monitoring and evaluation data below illustrates the uptake of:

• Prescription adaptations by B.C. pharmacists since updates to College of Pharmacists of BC PPP-58: Adapting a Prescription in August 2024, and
• Drug administration in B.C. pharmacies since updates to College of Pharmacists of BC HPA Bylaws Schedule F Part 4, and the introduction of the Drug Administration Fee by the BC Ministry of Health in October 2022

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Adaptations and emergency fills by pharmacists

Type of service	Monthly average claims August 2023 – July 2024	Monthly claims October 2024	Change
Adaptation, all types	67,480	95,172	+41%
"Directions for    use" modified	1,320	1,597	+21%
Dosage changed	1,942	2,301	+18%
Formulation    changed	2,825	5,116	+81%
Prescription    renewed	58,810	83,986	+43%
Therapeutic    substitution	2,583	2,172	-16%
Emergency fills	117,701	116,788	-1%

Monthly adaptations and emergency fills by pharmacists

Drug administrations and publicly funded vaccines by pharmacists

Total drug administrations (excl. publicly funded vaccines), October 14, 2022 to October 31, 2024: 588,172

Total publicly funded vaccines (excl. flu and COVID), October 1, 2022 to October 31, 2024: 159,865

Data source: PharmaNet, Health Sector Information, Analysis and Reporting Division, MoH, Jan 17, 2025