Cost-benefit analysis of consultant pharmacist drug therapy recommendations from monthly drug regimen reviews in a geriatric nursing facility: A one-year study

Journal of Pharmacoepidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-36

  Cooper Jr , James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST;

EID: 0030799843     PISSN: 08966966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J055V06N01_03     Document Type: Article

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