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Article: Study says drug stores losing ground.(News)
- Article from:
- Chain Drug Review
- Article date:
- May 22, 2006
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BALTIMORE -- While more people than ever are using prescription medicines, a new study shows that the percentage of patients who are filling those prescriptions at drug stores is declining.
According to the "Customer Focus 2006 Drug Store Study" from the advertising and market research firm Vertis, 58% of adults nationwide filled a prescription in a drug store in April, continuing the downward trend that began six years ago.
A similar study in 2004 showed that 62% of adults filled their prescription in a drug store, the report notes. Four years earlier it was 64%.
"In recent years the Internet and mail orders have simplified the process of ...