Geographical accessibility of medicines: a systematic literature review of pharmacy mapping.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring access to medicines has often been limited to assessing availability and affordability, while little is known regarding other dimensions of access including geographical accessibility. Our study aims to provide a systematic review of literature on the accessibility of medicines by studying the geographical distribution of pharmacies using Spatial Analytical methods.

Methods

As systematic review of scientific peer-reviewed literature between 2000 and 2018 was carried out using PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Google and the Preferred Reporting items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Data regarding pharmacy density, distance to pharmacies in relation of pharmacy to sociodemographic factors and pharmacy characteristics were extracted

SUBMITTER: Tharumia Jagadeesan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7931596 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature