Impact of an intervention aiming to improve conformity of drug prescriptions to prescribing rules in a health establishment;Impact d'une intervention visant à améliorer la conformité des ordonnances de médicaments à la règle d'émission au sein d'un établissement de santé

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-88

  Pelletier, Élaine ^a   Therrien, Roxanne ^a   Bussières, Jean Francois ^a,b   Lebel, Denis ^a   Gaudreault, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 0041930992     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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