Encouraging consensus cost effective drug therapy: Five years experience with a hospital drug utilisation review programme

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1040, 1997, Pages 92-95

  Pearce, Malcolm J ^a   Begg, Evan J ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0031588821     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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