WTTW News, January 23, 2018.
In recent years, pharmacies have increasingly become frontline health care providers, offering a range of services from drug counseling to immunizations to physicals.
But in poor communities of color on the West and South Sides of the city, many pharmacies have closed their doors, creating so-called “pharmacy deserts.” These areas can have profound health consequences on the residents who live there.
“Preliminary findings suggest that Chicago is one of the worst in terms of the gaps in access across communities based on their race and ethnic composition,” Qato said.