2001) into the extent to which pharmaceutical care
serves as a philosophy of practice in South African
pharmacies, found that the majority of South
African pharmacists’ business models are based on
‘the traditional fee-for-product system’ (Lubbe et
al., 2001, p. 12). Most pharmacists responding to
the researchers suggested that pharmacists saw the
lack of financial incentive as the ‘most important
[barrier] to the implementation and provision of
pharmaceutical care in South Africa’ (Lubbe et al.,
2001, p. 12).