What interventions should pharmacists employ to impact health practitioners' prescribing practices?

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1546-1557

  Grindrod, Kelly A ^a   Patel, Payal ^b   Martin, Janet E ^a,c,d  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare quality assurance; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMBASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDLINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33748308868     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G300     Document Type: Review

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