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Although the participating pharmacies offer a broad spectrum of services, they do not provide all the public health-oriented services for which they are legally permitted to offer. Consequently, they (&amp;gt;80%) focus on more conventional pharmacy services and services related to patients\u2019 pharmaceutical care needs. Furthermore, a larger proportion of community (independent and corporate) (&amp;gt;90%) than private institutional pharmacies (&amp;lt;75%) offered services supporting pharmaceutical care (P\u2009=\u00a0.0001), such as assessing patient compliance (Cram\u00e9r\u2019s V\u2009=\u20090.4), patient follow-up (Cram\u00e9r\u2019s V\u2009=\u20090.4), and providing pharmacist-initiated therapy (Cram\u00e9r\u2019s V\u2009=\u20090.7). Overall, the findings confirmed that the participating pharmacies did not provide the full range of legally permitted services. More specifically, there was limited delivery of public health services in institutional pharmacies, whereas independent and corporate community pharmacies provided few primary care drug therapy services.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study highlights an opportunity for pharmacies in South Africa to offer more public health-related services that they are legally permitted to provide. 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