Pharmacists versus nonpharmacists in adverse drug event detection: A meta-analysis and systematic review

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 842-849

  Phansalkar, Shobha ^a   Hoffman, Jennifer M ^b   Nebeker, Jonathan R ^a   Hurdle, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA Salt Lake City Informatics Decision Enhancement and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Drugs; Hospital; Hospitals; Interventions; Pharmacists; Records

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 34247233105     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060335     Document Type: Review

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