Study finds community-pharmacy density driven by urbanisation, rather than medical need

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Study finds community-pharmacy density driven by urbanisation, rather than medical need

Study community density pharmacy in NZ (Map supplied)
Map: Community pharmacies and 25km-radius community pharmacy service areas, New Zealand, 2020 (N = 1154 community pharmacies) Image: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
ESSENTIALS, In 2020, New Zealand had 2.27 community pharmacies per 10,000 people, which was about half a community pharmacy lower than the global average of 2.75., BACK panel - grey