Building on the 2025 National Academies Pharmacy Workshop: pharmacy deserts in the United States.

Authors

Lucas A Berenbrok, Delesha Carpenter, Teresa M Salgado, Marie Chisholm-Burns, Jenny S Guadamuz, Elizabeth Hall-Lipsy, Cherokee Layson-Wolf, Whitney D Maxwell, Heidi R Olson, Megan R Undeberg, Stevie Veach, Vicki L Ellingrod

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Health affairs scholar. Volume 4. Issue 10. Pages qxag256. Epub Sep 22, 2026.

Abstract

Areas with no access or limited access to community pharmacies are routinely referred to as "pharmacy deserts," which are of growing concern in the United States. In addition to medication dispensing, community pharmacies offer a variety of healthcare services that keep populations and individuals healthy. Our objective is to present an overview of pharmacy deserts in the United States, discuss the impact of reduced pharmacy access for Americans, and propose solutions discussed at the 2025 Innovations in Pharmacy Training and Sustainable Practice to Advance Patient Care: A Workshop at the National Academies in Washington, D.C. Policy and legislation that ensure the financial sustainability of community pharmacies as staples of healthcare delivery in local neighborhoods should consider these multimodal solutions to ensure pharmacy access for all populations in the United States.

PMID:
42859588
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 11 Oct 2026.

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