An observational study of nicotine replacement therapy availability through pharmacist prescribing in the California Central Valley

\"Furnishing\" describes pharmacists having the authorizing power to prescribe medications including nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Pharmacists in California's Central Valley were surveyed and interviewed about their pharmacies' characteristics, their ability to furnish NRT, barriers and facilitators to furnishing NRT, and perceptions of furnishing NRT. Five of the nine pharmacy participants consented to being both surveyed and interviewed, while the remaining four only agreed to be surveyed. Participants who were interviewed received additional questions that those who were surveyed did not receive (questions are noted with asterisks). Five of nine pharmacies surveyed furnished NRT. While many pharmacies experienced a high daily prescription volume, few prescriptions were for smoking cessation aids. Five of nine pharmacies reported that store employees ask customers if they want a pharmacist consultation prior to purchasing NRT products. Our findings suggest that additional efforts ..., , # Survey data from an observational study of nicotine replacement therapy availability through pharmacist prescribing in the California Central Valley

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## Description of the data and file structure

This dataset contains one raw files: (1) \"Deidentified_Pharmacy_Survey_Data.xlsx\". This file contains responses to a survey completed by pharmacists and pharmacy staff from California's Central Valley about their pharmacy's characteristics, their ability to furnish NRT, barriers to furnishing NRT, and perceptions of furnishing NRT. Each question can be found in its entirety on row 1. Some questions were only asked if the participant agreed to a recorded interview, and are marked with an asterisk (these responses will be made available on a case-by-case basis to protect participant anonymity). Missing values reflect either that the participant did not respond to the question, or w..., Participants surveyed completed a consent form prior to accessing the survey questions. Only data that could be de-identified was included.