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Korea. Survey on the current pharmaceutical care service provision was performed by PM2000 XE, a real-time pharmacymanager program, operated by Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center beginning November 4, 2013 untilDecember 6, 2013 towards all community pharmacies throughout the nation which use the program. Method: The surveyquestionnaire consisted of four sections: pharmacy type, time-based accessibility, item-based accessibility, and spatialaccessibility for non-prescription drugs. Results: Number of pharmacy responded to the survey was 331, and sizeof the responding pharmacy was mostly medium-scale (66.47%) with 30-99 prescription fillings a day. Proportion ofpharmacy with opening hour of 12 hours or longer was only 53.77% and it was less than 25% during saturdays andholidays. Item-based accessibility was generally acceptable for prescription and non-prescription drugs, medical devices,and health supplements. However, spatial accessibility for non-prescription drugs was problematic because only onequarter of the drugs was displayed over the counter, and most of the drugs were behind the counter so that customerscould not reach out. Conclusion: Based on the survey result, current situation for accessibility of pharmaceutical careservice in Korea is concluded inadequate and therefore needs multidimensional efforts to improve accessibility of theservice at national level such as Korea Pharmaceutical Association and Ministry of Health and Welfare.