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Drug planning and procurement are part of the pharmaceutical management standards that ensure the availability of medicines of the right type, quantity, and time. Pharmacy X in Sumenep Regency is an independent private pharmacy that had never been evaluated. This study aimed to identify the drug planning method, the procurement stages, and the determination of procurement priorities, and to assess their conformity with Minister of Health Regulation Number 73 of 2016. A descriptive qualitative single-case study was conducted. The key informant, selected purposively, was the Pharmacy Owner (PSA), who was responsible for planning and procurement. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews, three sessions of non-participant direct observation, and review of purchase orders, invoices, the defecta book, and stock records. Data were analyzed using the Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña interactive model and validated through source and technique triangulation, member checking, and an audit trail. The results showed that planning used the consumption method informally, based on sales data and the defecta book, without safety stock or reorder point calculations, while the epidemiological method had not been applied formally. Procurement proceeded systematically from needs identification, purchase order preparation, ordering, receipt and inspection, to recording and FEFO-based storage, although stock recording was not yet real-time. Procurement priorities were determined intuitively based on drug turnover without documented ABC/VEN analysis. Procurement and documentation conformed, whereas the person responsible for management and the written evaluation did not conform to Minister of Health Regulation Number 73 of 2016.
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