The influence of the structure and culture of medical group practices on prescription drug errors

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 817-825

  Kralewski, John E ^a   Dowd, Bryan E ^a   Heaton, Alan ^b   Kaissi, Amer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CULTURE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23444440997     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000170419.70346.b8     Document Type: Article

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