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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Risk factors

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

The primary pharmacy system and health support pharmacy system were established in 2016. However, local pharmacies need to get closer to the community. To this end, each pharmacy is making efforts to contribute locally. Here, we introduce various initiatives in our region. Akakabe Pharmacy has 66 stores in Osaka Prefecture, mainly in the northeastern part of Osaka, where the elderly population is growing. We are implementing a dominant strategy: cooperation with the city and administration is strong, and we hold many related events directed towards the public. For example, two thousand participants gathered in an event sponsored by the city aimed at the improvement of beauty and health. At such events, participants can easily consult with pharmacists. Dispensing pharmacy stores-pharmacies that combine the features of a convenience store with care consulting services-were established in 2016. Care consultations are potentially highly advantageous to the users. In the consultation space of a pharmacy, a care worker conducts various events every month, such as on dementia prevention, body composition measurement, and more. We believe that this type of combined pharmacy and convenience store has the potential to become a regional comprehensive care center. We intend to share the possibility of a new pharmacy system, centered on this pharmacy/store/consultation model, as a basis to revamp the pharmacy industry.

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APA 7th

Kuriyama, T., Shiromukai, K., Masui, R., Kitakoshi, W., & Matsuyama, N. (2019). The Pharmacy Combining Convenience Store with Care Consulting Services. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI. https://doi.org/10.1248/yakushi.18-00172-4

Vancouver

Kuriyama T, Shiromukai K, Masui R, Kitakoshi W, Matsuyama N. The Pharmacy Combining Convenience Store with Care Consulting Services. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI. 2019. doi:10.1248/yakushi.18-00172-4. PMID: 30930382.

BibTeX

@article{kuriyama2019-30930382,
  author  = {Kuriyama, Taisuke and Shiromukai, Kunihiko and Masui, Ryota and Kitakoshi, Wakako and Matsuyama, Noriaki},
  title   = {{The Pharmacy Combining Convenience Store with Care Consulting Services}},
  journal = {YAKUGAKU ZASSHI},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1248/yakushi.18-00172-4},
  pmid    = {30930382},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1248/yakushi.18-00172-4}
}

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Key findings

Dispensing pharmacy stores-pharmacies that combine the features of a convenience store with care consulting services-were established in 2016.
Care consultations are potentially highly advantageous to the users.
In the consultation space of a pharmacy, a care worker conducts various events every month, such as on dementia prevention, body composition measurement, and more.
We believe that this type of combined pharmacy and convenience store has the potential to become a regional comprehensive care center.
We intend to share the possibility of a new pharmacy system, centered on this pharmacy/store/consultation model, as a basis to revamp the pharmacy industry.

Why it matters

This paper describes pharmacies in Japan that combine convenience store features with care consulting services, where care workers hold monthly events including on dementia prevention. It is a description of a service model and does not report evidence that this model prevents or treats dementia.

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Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 28/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 26 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 28 out of 100.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (YAKUGAKU ZASSHI)
Journal's citation record	0 / 4	YAKUGAKU ZASSHI: journal h-index 62 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	2 / 5	2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	1 / 7	Cited 2 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	0 / 5	0.2 citations a year over 9 year(s) since 2019
Impact for its field and year	1 / 6	Cited 0.4× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	0 / 6	No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited	0 / 4	Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	— / 4	OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Noriaki Matsuyama holds only 1 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score
Institution's track record	— / 3	No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score
Multi-centre collaboration	0 / 3	OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 30930382)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Points	26 / 93	Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 26 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 28 out of 100.
Total	28 / 100	—

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