Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9612

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Publication type: Journal Article

McCarthy R.
Tremors hit the drug chains
American Druggist 1987 Apr; 195:34, 37-38, 40

Abstract:

An inside view of the most important challenges facing the chain drug industry such as mergers, leverage buyouts, competition and an altered economy is presented. Nontraditional forms of competition provoking a variety of responses from chain drug store management are mail order prescriptions, physicians dispensing, and increasing growth of HMOs.