Preliminary findings from an economic analysis of nurse prescribing

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Ferguson, Brian ^a   Luker, Karen ^b,c   Smith, Kirsteen ^a   Austin, Lynn ^b   Hogg, Cath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Nursing ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031762427     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.1998.tb00927.x     Document Type: Article

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