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**Meta Data Name**: Access to Pharmacies
**Added**: January 6, 2021
**Last Modified**: April 25, 2022
**Author**: Susan Paykin
**Added**: January 6, 2021
**Author**: Susan Paykin
**Last Modified**: October 12, 2023
**Last Modified By**: Wataru Morioka

### Data Location:
Access04 at 4 spatial scales. Files can be found [here](/data_final).
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| GEOID | GEOID | Unique 11-digit GEOID for census tracts (state + county + tract) |
| ZIP Code Tract Area (ZCTA) | ZCTA5CE10 | Unique 5-digit assigned ZCTA, usually same as ZIP Code |
| Distance to nearest pharmacy | minDisRx | Euclidean distance* from tract/zip centroid to nearest pharmacy, in miles |
| Driving time to nearest pharmacy | driveTime | Driving time from tract/zip origin centroid to the nearest tract/zip pharmacy destination centroid, in minutes |
| Count of pharmacies | driveCount | Count of pharmacies within a 30-minute driving threshold |
| Distance to nearest pharmacy | RxMinDis | Euclidean distance* from tract/zip centroid to nearest pharmacy, in miles |
| Driving time to nearest pharmacy | RxTmDr | Driving time from tract/zip origin centroid to the nearest tract/zip pharmacy destination centroid, in minutes |
| Count of pharmacies | RxCntDr | Count of pharmacies within a 30-minute driving threshold |

#### County and State
| Variable | Variable ID in .csv | Description |
|:---------|:--------------------|:------------|
| COUNTYFP | ID for counties | Unique 5-digit identifier for counties|
| STATEFP | ID for states | Unique 2-digit identifier for states|
| Count of tracts | cntT | Total number of tracts in county/state |
| Count of tracts within 30-min driving range | cntTimeDrive | Number of tracts with pharmacy within a 30-min driving range |
| Percent of tracts within 30-min driving range | pctTimeDrive | Percent of tracts with pharmacy within a 30-min driving range |
| Average time drive to nearest pharmacy | avTimeDrive | Average driving time (minutes) across tracts in county/state to nearest pharmacy |
| ID for counties | COUNTYFP | Unique 5-digit identifier for counties|
| ID for states | STATEFP | Unique 2-digit identifier for states|
| Count of tracts | TotTracts | Total number of tracts in county/state |
| Count of tracts within 30-min driving range | RxCtTmDr | Number of tracts with pharmacy within a 30-min driving range |
| Percent of tracts within 30-min driving range | RxTmDrP | Percent of tracts with pharmacy within a 30-min driving range |
| Average time drive to nearest pharmacy | RxAvTmDr | Average driving time (minutes) across tracts in county/state to nearest pharmacy |

### Data Limitations:
*Euclidean distance or straight-line is a simple approximation of access or travel from an origin centroid to the nearest hospital. It is not a precise calculation of real travel times or distances.
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