This guide equips advocates and other changemakers with critical information for advancing health equity in pharmacy services, including background on financing and delivery of pharmacy services, an overview of major challenges and inequities in access to prescription medications, and a summary of policy opportunities for advancing equity. It covers the following topics:

• pharmacy overview
• key population characteristics
• providers and service delivery
• financing details
• barriers to access, quality, and equitable outcomes 
• disparities
• primary oversight entities and accountability mechanisms 
• policies and actions to reduce barriers and disparities
• a vignette illustrating challenges in getting prescription medications
• additional resources and a glossary

This guide is part of a larger project on inequities and policy levers in the US health care system. For the complete guide, visit https://www.urban.org/projects/guide-equity-us-health-care-system.