Impact of a pharmacist consult clinic on a hospital-based geriatric outpatient clinic in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 220-227

  Lim, Wee Shiong ^a,b   Low, H N ^a   Chan, S P ^b   Chen, H N ^a   Ding, Y Y ^a   Tan, T L ^a  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine ^*

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Compliance; Health Belief Model; Medication knowledge; Perception; Zelen's design

Indexed keywords

DRUG; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SINGAPORE;

EID: 2542493874     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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