The MinnesotA Rural Health(20)

A Fragile Environment

Challenges to the ability to deliver pharmacy services in rural areasCumulative effects

102 non-metro MN pharmacy closures since 1996 vs. 87 closures in seven-county metro1

Nine of 38 pharmacy closures in rural MN resulted in a community with no local pharmacy access from 1996-19992

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MN Dept of Health ORHPC 10/2003

Moscovice I, et. al. Rural Health Research Center, UMN, July 2001