They are less relevant for surveillance data such as emergency department visits and pharmacy sales, since the catchment area for each hospital/pharmacy is undefined.
In contrast to the relative enthusiasm in the developing world, United States pharmacy sales are only about 700,000 a year.
The cost of converting photo-processing labs to a digital format partly offset continued strength in pharmacy sales and a solid holiday shopping season.
Medco provides drugs under these plans through its mail-order business and through pharmacy sales to health-plan members who carry a special card.
He expects on-line pharmacy sales to account for no more than 10 percent of the industry's revenue over the next decade.
The second bill would deregulate pharmacy sales of syringes, allowing customers over the age of 18 to buy up to 10 needles at a time without a prescription.
Though the trade volume of B2B e-pharmacy business only makes up a percentage of the total pharmacy sales, it still has large development potential.
Combined with the records of pharmacy sales, the file helps create portraits of individual doctors, their specialties and interests.
Needle exchange and pharmacy sales work.
While needle-exchange programs require drug users to return needles they have used, the pharmacy sales in Connecticut do not.