Quality of medication records and use of pharmacy resources in community residential care facilities

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 894-899

  Gray, Shelly L ^a   Odegard, Peggy S ^a   Sales, Anne E B ^a,b   Young, Heather M ^c   Sullivan, Jean H ^b   Hedrick, Susan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Community residential care; Medication management

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 33646758157     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G585     Document Type: Review

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