Individualising drug dispensaries in a university hospital

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 62-65

  Hug, Balthasar L ^a   Jordan, M ^a   Plagge, H ^a   Schneider, K ^a   Surber, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Drug inventory; Economics; Internal medicine; Ward dispensary; Ward individualised formulary (WIF)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33846891371     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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