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Pharmacy Education Creates Its Own $timulus Package The state of our nation’s economy is not only taking its toll on American wallets, but on their health as well. According to a recent survey by the National Business Group on Health, more than one in four respondents reported forgoing healthcare treatment to save money on copayments or insurance costs, and one in five responded that they have skipped taking prescription medications. Despite these hardships, our nation’s colleges and schools of pharmacy continue to be significant sources of economic stimulation and key providers of healthcare services to underserved communities. This year’s Rufus A. Lyman Award was presented to a team of authors who have sparked a national interest in expanding the data on pharmacy schools’ positive societal and fiscal contributions. Their paper, “The Economic Impact of a College of Pharmacy,” quantifies the dollar value of economic returns to a community when a college of pharmacy attains its fourfold mission of research, service, patient care and education.
academic Pharmacy now Jul/Aug/Sept 2009
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