The economics of a pharmacy-based central intravenous additive service for paediatric patients

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 386-394

  Armour, David J ^a   Cairns, Chris J ^a   Costello, Ian ^a   Riley, Simon J ^a   Davies, E Graham ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029841958     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199610040-00007     Document Type: Article

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