Report
Reliance on independently owned pharmacies in rural America
Rural policy brief, PB2007-6, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
11/01/2007
PMID: 18828246
Abstract
The purpose of this policy brief is to provide researchers, policy makers, and stakeholders with the locations of independently owned pharmacies in rural America that are the sole sources of access to local pharmaceutical services. Organizations representing those pharmacies have argued that the advent of Medicare prescription drug plans threatens the financial viability of those pharmacies (Grisnik 2006). In addition, some pharmacists have expressed concerns about changes in Medicaid reimbursement for pharmaceuticals brought about by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. We focus on those communities with only one pharmacy, independently owned, to lay a foundation for analyzing vulnerability of pharmacy services in rural America.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reliance on independently owned pharmacies in rural America
- Creators
- Michael D Shambaugh-MillerNicole VanosdelKeith J Mueller
- Resource Type
- Report
- Series
- Rural policy brief; PB2007-6
- PMID
- 18828246
- NLM abbreviation
- Rural Policy Brief
- eISSN
- 2152-0267
- Publisher
- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
- Number of pages
- 4 pages
- Grant note
- 1U1C RH03718 / PHS HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2007
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984214706802771
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