Approaches to rationing drugs in hospitals. An Australian perspective

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 467-474

  Bochner, Felix ^a   Burgess, Naomi G ^b   Martin, E Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; DECISION MAKING; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0029841717     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199610050-00004     Document Type: Review

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