Résumé
<b><i>Abstract</i></b><br><b>Purpose</b> : We provided a lecture on medical expenses related to the “dispensing fee” for health insurance pharmacies for the local residents in order to determine if there was a change in their preferred community pharmacies' pre- and post-lecture.<br><b>Methods</b> : Questionnaires were provided to 34 participants, pre- and post-lecture, with responses analysed from 29 participants who completed the questionnaires in full.<br><b>Results</b> : The percentage of respondents who had not observed receipts with National Health Insurance points was 34.5％, while 25.0％ responded that they had paid with the foreknowledge of the existence of such points. Following completion of the lecture, “drug administration guidance” showed an increase of 55.2％, and “dispensing” , “medication history management” and “pharmaceutical inquiry to the doctor” had also increased to 27.6％, 27.6％ and 20.7％, respectively.. Reasons for the selection requirements of participants' preferred community pharmacies' showed a decrease of 37.9％ related to there being “a pharmacy in the vicinity of a hospital” , whereas “a pharmacy with good administration guidance” and “a pharmacy with good counseling” increased by 72.5％ and 20.7％, respectively.<br><b>Conclusion</b> : Through the provision of explanation of the medical insurance “dispensing fee” as explained by community pharmacists to local residents, this may induce favorable effects on their selection requirements for use of community pharmacies.