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Irvine, Calif., Jan. 6, 2021 In the United States, Black, Latino and low-income communities have historically lacked nearby access to pharmacy services. To provide the first record of these pharmacy deserts in Los Angeles County, a University of California, Irvine study identified communities where the nearest pharmacy was at least one mile away.
Unlike previous studies, this one describes pharmacy deserts in terms of social determinants of health - such as owning a vehicle, crime rates and poverty - to determine which communities have the greatest need for pharmacy access. Published in the
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, it is the first study to look at pharmacy deserts in the state of California.
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