An evaluation of a community pharmacy-based rural asthma management service

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-108

  Saini, Bandana ^a   Filipovska, Julija ^a   Bosnic anticevich, Sinthia ^a   Taylor, Susan ^a   Krass, Ines ^a   Armour, Carol ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma management; Community pharmacy; Pharmacists; Pharmacy services; Rural

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40449093608     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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