Is community pharmacy a dying profession?

In the December issue of Drug Topics, columnist Mike Schuh asks whether, in this age of healthcare teams, fee for service is dead. Now Truman Lastinger looks at the business realities surrounding fee for service and asks an even more pointed question.


	"We are witnessing the law of diminishing returns in action. There is no way pharmacy can survive when there is not enough revenue to meet costs."

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