Pharmaceutical services for a homeless population

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1426-1430

  Lamsam, Grace D ^a,b   Stone, Barbara A ^c,d   Rumsey, Tim ^d,e   Shevlin, John M ^d,f   Scoit, Bruce E ^g   Reif, Christopher J ^d,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Hlth Care Homeless Proj Ramsey Co   (United States)

^c National College   (United States)

^d HCHPRC ^*

^e Allina Health   (United States)

^f Minnesota Regional Poison Center   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity; Community service; Costs; Economics; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacists; Sociology; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030006590     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/53.12.1426     Document Type: Article

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