A simple institutional educational intervention to decrease use of selected expensive medications

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 633-636

  Roth, Elliot J ^a   Plastaras, Christopher T ^a   Mullin, M Sean ^a   Fillmore, Joseph ^a   Moses, Mikel L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Drug use; Prescription drugs; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; PRESCRIPTION; REHABILITATION CENTER;

EID: 0035022270     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.22624     Document Type: Article

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