Assessing risk for loss of rural pharmacy services in Minnesota

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 684-693

  Traynor, Andrew P ^a   Sorensen, Todd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community and ambulatory pharmacy; Medication access; Rural pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHARMACY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; MINNESOTA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33644792829     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/154434505774909517     Document Type: Article

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