Physician agreement with pharmacist-suggested drug therapy changes for elderly outpatients

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2735-2737

  Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,b,c,d,e   Landsman, Pamela B ^d,f   Cowan, Katie ^d,g   Schmader, Kenneth E ^a,c,d,h   Weinberger, Morris ^d,i,j,k   Uttech, Kay M ^d,l,m,n   Samsa, Gregory P ^o,p   Cohen, Harvey Jay ^a,d,h  

^a Ctr Stud of Aging and Hum Devmt   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PNM   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

^g Durham VAMC ^*

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k DUMC   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^m DUMC   (United States)

ⁿ School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^o Division of Biometry

^p DUMC   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029904943     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/53.22.2735     Document Type: Article

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