Change of demografic indicators, legal form of the ownership, the owner share of pharmacist on the capital and economic situation in the community pharmacies resulting from globalization
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https://doi.org/10.24959/sphhcj.15.5Keywords:
community pharmacy, demographical analysis, legal form of the pharmaceutical care provider, owner's share on the capital, financial analysis, profitability, liquidity, efficiencyAbstract
The aim of this paper was to determine a demographic situation, the legal form of the ownership, the owner share of a pharmacist in the capital and the economic situation in the community pharmacies of Slovakia. The number of community pharmacies constantly increases (1540 pharmacies in 2012). The legal forms of the ownership in community pharmacies were limited companies (73.6%), a sole proprietor – pharmacists (23.9%), and Joint Stock Companies (1.3%); in the community pharmacy branches there were also limited companies (73.4%), a sole proprietor – pharmacists (26%), Joint Stock Companies (1%). The owner share of the pharmacist in the capital of public pharmacies was 50.4%, and in the community pharmacy branches it was 66%. The financial analysis for the period of 2007–2012 showed decline in Return on Sales (in 2012 to 1.98 %), decrease of liquidity due to the Current Ratio (in 2012 to 1.87) and the Quick Ratio (in 2012 to 1.08), decrease in the Average Collection Period (in 2012 to 53.8 days), a slight increase in the Average Inventory Period (in 2012 to 36.5 days) and the increased Average Payment Period (in 2012 to 86.3 days).
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