Second, we optimized P of all dispensing points solely for access in small ZIP code areas and recorded the access achieved in small ZIP code areas (A s ).
Under the hybrid objective, optimized networks with <500 dispensing points yield solutions for all major pharmacy chains plus independents that provided slightly lower statewide accessibility than the corresponding solutions for major chains, in exchange for higher coverage in small ZIP code areas.
For our hybrid optimization model, we first specified a percentage of all dispensing points to focus on small ZIP code areas (P ).
The Web-based decision-support tool based on this model provides solutions for a range of values of b and displays the trade-off between the expected access for the target population and the number of dispensing points.
Indeed, more than half the states, as it's been pointed out, already have similar mandates, and Catholic universities and hospitals have been dispensing "birth control" for a variety of reasons for many years.
Instead, they are operating at the lowest level of news-gathering -- the perfect level for their guests to dispense the talking points they've been whittling into a fine point over the course of the week.
Currently, only 5% of people are charged for prescriptions at the point of dispensing, with the old, young and pregnant among those exempted.
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The numbers of patients requiring a prescription intervention at the point of dispensing.
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