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We investigated the awareness of the “Yakuzai-kanri Summary” (a pharmaceutical management summary) at community pharmacies in Japan that were prescribing drugs under the health insurance system. In addition, we assessed the pharmacy needs regarding receipt of the Summary. A cross-sectional survey was conducted by self-administered questionnaire between December 8 and December 30, 2011. Subjects were supervising pharmacists at 217 community pharmacies belonging to the Qol Group. The questionnaire comprised questions on the following: 1) awareness of the Yakuzai-kanri Summary; 2) Summary receipt rate; 3) pharmacy needs regarding receipt of the Summary; and 4) pharmacy needs regarding information on patient pharmaceutical care. Among the 178 community pharmacies that returned the self-administered questionnaire (response rate, 82.0％), 73 (41.0％) knew about the Yakuzai-kanri Summary and 6 (3.4％) had previously received it. A total of 155 community pharmacies (87.1％) were willing to receive the Yakuzai-kanri Summary to gain information on patient pharmaceutical care, especially information relating to discharge prescriptions, diagnosis, and treatment strategy. The results showed that the receipt rate of the Yakuzai-kanri Summary remains low, although community pharmacies are keen to receive it.
