Medication therapy management strategies for geriatric patient interventions: Medicare part D implementation

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Cooper Jr , James W ^a   Burfield, Allison H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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LONG TERM CARE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 34548234265     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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