Pharmacy Times Featured Article: 340B Program Helps Reduce Health Care Disparities

Although the performance of the US health system affects all Americans, certain populations are at greater risk for health disparities based on their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, sexual identity, and socioeconomic status.1

Health disparities include, but are not limited to, differences in access to care, disease burden, life expectancy, mental health, and mortality.2

The 340B program was designed to “stretch scarce federal resources as far as possible, reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services,” according to the Health Resources & Services Administration.3

This article featured in Pharmacy Times examines some of these disparities in U.S. Healthcare and how cost-savings from the 340B program can be used to expand services, invest in community health initiatives, provide care for individuals who are underinsured or uninsured, and offer discounted or free medications.

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References

  1. Disparities. HealthyPeople.gov. Accessed November 29, 2021. https://www.healthypeople. gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Disparities

  2. 6 examples of health disparities and how potential solutions. University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy. Accessed November 29, 2021. https://healthadministrationdegree.usc.edu/blog/examples-of-health-disparities/

  3. 340B drug pricing program. Health Resources & Services Administration. November 2021. Accessed November 30, 2021. https://www.hrsa.gov/opa/index.html

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