Causes and consequences of rural pharmacy closures: a multi-case study.

Q2 Medicine Rural policy brief Pub Date : 2013-08-01
Kelli Todd, Katie Westfall, Bill Doucette, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
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Local rural pharmacies provide essential pharmacy and clinical services to their communities. Pharmacists play a critical role in the continuum of care for rural residents, and the loss of a local pharmacy may impact access to prescription drugs and clinical care. This policy brief identifies factors that contributed to the closing of six pharmacies and describes how the affected communities adapted to losing locally based services. Key Findings. (1) Five out of the six pharmacies studied closed due to retirement and/or difficulties in recruiting a successor. (2) In five of the six communities, residents now either drive to the nearest pharmacy or use mail-order to receive their prescriptions and, in some instances, receive their prescriptions through a courier service from a pharmacy in a nearby town. (3) Access to pharmacy services in these communities is of most concern for individuals with limited mobility and those who lack a support system that can pick up and deliver their prescriptions (e.g., the elderly and people with acute conditions).

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农村药房关闭的原因和后果:一个多案例研究。
当地农村药房为其社区提供基本的药房和临床服务。药剂师在农村居民的连续护理中起着至关重要的作用,失去当地药房可能会影响获得处方药和临床护理。本政策简报确定了导致六家药店关闭的因素,并描述了受影响社区如何适应失去当地服务的情况。关键的发现。(1)研究的6家药店中有5家因退休和/或难以招募继任者而关闭。(2)在6个社区中,有5个社区的居民现在要么开车去最近的药房,要么用邮购的方式领取处方,在某些情况下,他们通过快递服务从附近城镇的药房领取处方。(3)在这些社区中,行动不便的个人和缺乏支持系统的人(如老年人和急性病患者)最关心的是获得药房服务的问题。
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