Community Responses and Adaptations Following the Closure of a Rural Pharmacy and Primary Care Facility

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Uses interviews with 26 community members to identify the impact of a pharmacy and primary healthcare facility closure in a rural Pennsylvania community. Discusses challenges for vulnerable populations, distance to care, social networks, delayed treatment, emergency medical services, alternative medicine, and more.

Hazel Velasco Palacios, Kristina Brant, Danielle Rhubart, Jorden Jackson

Journal of Rural Health, 2024

11/2024

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Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Elderly population · Emergency medical services · People with disabilities · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Primary care · Social connectedness · Pennsylvania