Collins Brian, Borders Tyrone F, Tebrink Kristen, Xu Ke Tom
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA.
J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2007 Summer;30(1):75-97.
We examine the relationship between distance and access to prescription medications and ancillary pharmacy services among rural elders in west Texas. Further understanding this relationship is important because programs such as telepharmacy are largely justified on the basis of reducing distance barriers. We use data from the Texas Tech 5000 survey to evaluate the relationship between distance and access. In addition, we examine whether regulations that prohibit competition between independent pharmacies and telepharmacies create a distance barrier to prescription medication. Our findings suggest that distance is a barrier to access, but telepharmacy regulations in Texas do not exacerbate the impact of distance.
我们研究了西德克萨斯农村老年人获取处方药和辅助药房服务的机会与距离之间的关系。进一步了解这种关系很重要，因为远程药房等项目在很大程度上是基于减少距离障碍而被证明合理的。我们使用来自德克萨斯理工大学5000名受访者调查的数据来评估距离与获取机会之间的关系。此外，我们还研究了禁止独立药房与远程药房之间竞争的法规是否会对处方药造成距离障碍。我们的研究结果表明，距离是获取服务的障碍，但德克萨斯州的远程药房法规并没有加剧距离的影响。
