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HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 140-145Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.005
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Community pharmacy; Geographic access; Socio-economic position; Policy
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- New Zealand Pharmacy Education Research Foundation [226]
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Geographic access to community pharmacies is an important aspect of access to appropriate medicines. This study aimed to explore changes in the number and location of pharmacies in New Zealand and determine whether some populations have poor geographical access to pharmacies. Pharmacy numbers in New Zealand have been declining since the mid-1980s, and, adjusted for population growth, there are now only half the number there was in 1965. While the urbanisation of pharmacies has been matched by loss of population in rural areas, the loss of pharmacies from smaller rural towns leaves many people with poor access to pharmacy services. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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