In 2019, 88 percent of patients surveyed said they got their prescriptions from a retail pharmacy, many of which didn’t offer home delivery service. Many pharmacy chains rapidly began offering home delivery services in 2020, according to CoverMyMeds. Forty-one percent of the 328 pharmacists surveyed by the company said their pharmacy has taken on prescription home delivery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the survey, as of September 2020:
- Twelve percent of patients received their prescriptions through mail order
- Twenty-five percent of patients received their prescriptions through a combination of in-person and mail order
- Thirteen percent of patients received their prescriptions through home delivery by a local pharmacy
Find the full CoverMyMeds report here.
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