Explaining variations in prescribing costs: Results from a comparison of nursing home patients with matched pairs living in the community

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 427-432

  O'Neill, C ^b   Groom, L ^a   Avery, A J ^a   Boot, D ^a   Thornhill, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033382810     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2710.1999.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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