Since 1991, the NCPA Foundation has advanced the profession of pharmacy by providing funding for numerous research projects submitted by schools and colleges of pharmacy that benefit patient care and the profession. The following proposals from schools and colleges of pharmacy were funded from 1999-2006.

Economic Impact and Variation in Costs to Provide Community Pharmacy Services
—Todd Brown, Ph.D., Northeastern University
This research constructs profiles that quantify the economic impact of independent community pharmacies by state and federal congressional district, e.g., cost to dispense indexes, deviating cost of dispensing, number of employees, wages, total number of prescriptions, number of Medicaid prescriptions, social security and Medicare taxes, unemployment insurance, rental costs, employee costs, payroll costs, and payroll taxes.

Patient Care Services in Community Pharmacy: What is the Bottom Line?
—Gina Peacock, Ph.D., Shenandoah University
Using a unique survey instrument, this study evaluated the types of patient care services that are offered by independent community pharmacies with the goal of establishing baseline benchmarks for future documentation of independent pharmacists' expansion into patient care services niches.

Examining the Attitudes and Interests of Pharmacists Regarding Pharmacy Ownership
—Carolyn Brown, Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin

Consumer Willingness to Pay for Pharmacist Care Services in Community Pharmacies
—Karen Blumenschein, Pharm.D., University of Kentucky

Development and Implementation of Pharmacy Ownership in the Pharm.D. Curriculum
—Karen Shapiro, Pharm.D., BCPS, Western University of Health Sciences

Economic Disparities in the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Industry
—Robert I. Garis, Ph.D., Creighton University

Involvement of Independent Community Pharmacies in Home Health and Long-Term Care
—Albert Wertheimer, Ph.D., Temple University

Facilitating Pharmacy Ownership in America's Future Pharmacist
—Dana P. Hammer, Ph.D., University of Washington

Patient Willingness to Pay for Pharmacist Provided Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy Consultations
—Jamie C. Barner, R.Ph., Ph.D, The University of Texas at Austin

Standards for Confidentiality and Integrity of Individually Identifiable Health Information
—Doug Wurtzbacher, Pharm.D., Ph.D. and Walter Fitzgerald, BS Pharm, M.S., J.D., University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy

Establishing Herbal Counseling Center in a Community Pharmacy: Its Impact on Patient Care and Overall Sales
—Bisrat Hailemeskel, Pharm.D., M.S., Howard University

An Economic Justification of the Use of Dispensing Technologies in Independent Community Pharmacies
—Donna West, Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Nonreconciliation of Third-Party Claims: How Much Are We Losing?
—University of Arkansas

A Community Pharmacy Operations Simulation That Incorporates Innovative Pharmacist Care Services
—New Mexico State University

Evaluating the Impact of a Pharmacist Care Program for Persons With Diabetes
—West Virginia University