Cost-related information to be provided by computerised drug-prescription systems to promote cost-effective prescribing

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-139

  Milstein, Claudine ^a   Venot, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030763843     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199712020-00004     Document Type: Review

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