Pharmacist interventions in geriatric nursing facility NSAID therapy: A one-year follow-up study of costs and outcomes

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 492-497

  Cooper, James W ^a   Wade, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Adverse drug reactions; Cost analysis; NSAIDs; Pharmacist; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; EYELID; FECES COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL BED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 33645978082     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2005.492     Document Type: Article

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