Table 3 Pharmacy characteristics table

Sabde et al

Surveyed only private pharmacies

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Only 14% of surveyed pharmacies provided details. 11.58%—pharmacists that worked in 88% urban pharmacy

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No difference in availability in urban and rural pharmacies

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Infrastructure:

Refrigerators availability: 73.39%—urban

20.4%—rural. Vaccine availability:

8.5%—urban

5.7%—rural

Casey et al

Independent: in one location—54.9%

In more than one location: 12.7%

Chain—28.9%

Owned by hospital or clinic—3.2%

Mean: 57.0 h

1: 29.5%

2: 46.6%

3: 17.9%

4 or more: 6%

Private homes: 85.3%

Nursing homes: 79%, Clinics: 39.5%, Other retail: 3.5%, Other: 22%

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Relief coverage:

Difficulty finding for vaccines: Very difficult: 55%, Very easy: 7.1%

Amitslavski et al

74%—Independent, 26%—chain

24 h pharmacies: 5%, open on Saturday: 91%, on Sunday: 47%, on both Saturday and Sunday: 45%

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15%—one item out of stock

74.5%—5 or few items missing

25.5%—six or more items missing

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Pednekar et al

Independent and chain pharmacies more likely in pharmacy non-deserts

24 h services:

Pharmacy non-deserts: 1.2%, pharmacy deserts: 0.3%

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Pharmacy deserts: 28.3%, Pharmacy non-deserts: 37%

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Rushworth et al

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Those prescribed five or more medicines have inconvenient access to pharmacies

Chisholm Burns et al

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Pharmacies operated on Saturday and Sunday = 6.7%, Monday – Friday: 63.5%

Pharmacies in the least populated area typically reported fewer hours per week than those in the most populated area

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Mean: 27.1%

Significant difference in the percentage of pharmacies offering home delivery and income, employment rate and crime risk score

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Immunizations: 92.6%, Medication therapy management: 92.4%, Generic drug program: 85.4%

Qato et al

Chain: 69.2%, Independent pharmacy: 13.5%, Clinic/CHC: 17.3%

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Cost related underuse: 10.3%, low income and uninsured residents traveled further

those with a greater number of prescriptions utilized pharmacy more: 68.1%