MedCity News September 9, 2024
Losing these retail medication outlets creates more than just pharmacy deserts. In many low-income and underserved areas, drugstores also serve as grocery stores and hubs for essential services, and hence their closures mean communities lose crucial access points for a variety of goods and services.
Over 4 billion prescriptions were filled at local pharmacies across the US in 2019. Up against close to a billion outpatient visits and 26 million hospitalizations, pharmacy continues to be the most utilized service in healthcare, notwithstanding their largely untapped potential. However, a crisis is unfolding at local drugstores, and it’s not the kind associated with medications. For the past 30 years, and despite decades of expansion, community pharmacies have continually finished last in a...
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