'Pharmacy deserts' are prevalent in chicago's predominantly minority communities, raising medication access concerns

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1958-1965

  Qato, Dima M ^a   Daviglus, Martha L ^a   Wilder, Jocelyn ^a   Lee, Todd ^a   Qato, Danya ^b   Lambert, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; DESERT; DRUG COST; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHARMACY; RACE; REIMBURSEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ILLINOIS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHICAGO; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; PHARMACIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84909592425     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1397     Document Type: Article

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