Purpose and objectives

The aim of the journal Social Pharmacy in Healthcare is to highlight key issues and recent achievements by Ukrainian and international researchers in the pharmaceutical sector of the healthcare, particularly regarding the development of medical and pharmaceutical education, the organization of pharmaceutical provision for the population, drug technology and quality control, biotechnology, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiological, socio-economic, and marketing research in pharmacy. 

The journal’s objectives: 

• to develop scientific discourse by publishing original research and reviews that deepen understanding of the role of social pharmacy in the healthcare; 

• to facilitate the implementation of research findings into healthcare practice and pharmaceutical activities through the publication of applied research and recommendations; 

• to promote interdisciplinary research that combines social, medical, technological, economic, and managerial approaches to pharmaceutical practice; 

• to promote scientific cooperation and the exchange of best practices between countries and regions. 

The journal publishes scientific articles that reflect advanced experience and results of scientific research in the pharmaceutical field in the following sections: 

• Social medicine and pharmacy: past, present and development prospects; 

• Health organization; 

• Organizational and socio-economic bases of pharmaceutical activities; 

• Social marketing and pharmacoeconomic research.