Development of External Methods to Evaluate the Quality of Pharmacy Services Offered by Community Pharmacists

Quality Assurance Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-257

  Azzopardi, Lilian M ^a   Serracino Inglott, Anthony ^a   Salek, Sam ^b   Zarb Adami, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Quality assessment program

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0345304352     PISSN: 10878378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qaj.242     Document Type: Article

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