Addressing stakeholders' needs: Economics and patient satisfaction

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Koo, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesics and antipyretics; Costs; Drug administration routes; Economics; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Pain; Patient controlled analgesia; Patients; Surgery

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 33947576416     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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