The Medication Assessment Program: Comprehensive medication assessments for persons taking multiple medications for chronic diseases

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Lewis, Nancy J W ^a   Bugdalski Stutrud, Carol ^b   Abate, Marie A ^c   Blommel, Matthew ^c   Wu, Chung Hsuen ^a   Gaither, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee and dependent health; Medication therapy management; Medications; Patient education; Practice based research network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 42149093914     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2008.07141     Document Type: Article

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