커뮤니티 케어에서의 약물관리 체계 고찰

Consideration and Implication of Pharmaceutical Care in Community Care On UK, Japan, Singapore and Austrailia

As a policy response to an aging population, the Korean government has implemented community care, integrating housing, health, nursing care, and other care services. Medication management services are included in community care programs as an area of chronic disease management; however, till date, the content and methods of this service have not been structured systematically. In this study, we aimed to obtain recommendations for the development of a medication management system in Korea by analyzing and comparing with the medication management systems in the UK, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. These countries currently provide medication management services and have strict qualifying criteria for patients. Common qualification criteria for service recipients include, two or more chronic diseases, or high-risk medications. The system by which pharmacists obtain medication records differs depending on the medical coverage system adopted by the country. In countries that have adopted a, such as the UK and Australia, medical information is obtained through the national public health record platform. Singapore also utilizes a similar national health record platform. In Japan, which has adopted a National Health Insurance system, each patient has a personal medicine note. Pharmacists and other medical staff can obtain patient information through this handbook. Through this study, it was found that community care and medication management services have been established according to social and geographic conditions in each country.