Effectiveness of visits from community pharmacists for patients with heart failure: HeartMed randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7603, 2007, Pages 1098-1101

  Holland, Richard ^a   Brooksby, Iain ^c   Lenaghan, Elizabeth ^a   Ashton, Kate ^a   Hay, Laura ^d   Smith, Richard ^a   Shepstone, Lee ^a   Lipp, Alistair ^e   Daly, Clare ^b   Howe, Amanda ^a   Hall, Roger ^a   Harvey, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e Great Yarmouth and Waveney Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249776082     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39164.568183.AE     Document Type: Article

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