Survey of care provided by ambulatory care pharmacists to patients with chronic kidney disease

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 63, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2123-2127

  Bennett, Robin E ^a,b   DeHart, Renee M ^b,c,d   Lauderdale, Stacy A ^c  

^a Harris Teeter Pharmacy   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MSP   (United States)

^d Med Ctr E Fam Pract Resid P   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Data collection; Diabetes mellitus; Geriatrics; Guidelines; Hypertension; Interventions; Kidney diseases; National Kidney Foundation; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION KIDNEY DISEASE OUTCOMES QUALITY INITIATIVE; NEPHROLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33751051945     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp050522     Document Type: Review

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