It’s time for Drug Channels Institute’s annual update of the number of U.S. specialty pharmacies.
As always, I had outstanding research assistance. (See photo at right.) But even we can’t count the total number of pharmacies dispensing specialty drugs, since any pharmacy can designate itself a specialty pharmacy.
We therefore counted every pharmacy location that had achieved accreditation by an independent organization.
Our exclusive findings:
- As of the end of 2018, more than 900 unique pharmacy locations had achieved specialty pharmacy accreditation from one or more of three major independent accreditation organizations. The 2018 figure marks a 25% increase over the 729 locations in 2017 and is more than double the 2015 figure.
- Pharmacy locations owned by healthcare providers—hospitals, health systems, physician practices, and providers’ group purchasing organizations—now account for more than one-quarter of all accredited specialty pharmacy locations.
Enjoy more of our arithmomania below. It will help explain why you’ll count more people than ever at next week’s Specialty Pharmacy Summit 2019. Drug Channels Institute will be there, so please say hello, e.g. “Greetings, it is I, a Drug Channels reader.”
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