Impact of pharmacists' interventions on the pediatric discharge medication process

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1597-1602

  Voirol, Pierre ^a   Kayser, Steven R ^b   Chang, Chi Y ^c   Chang, Q Laura ^a   Youmans, Sharon L ^a,d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Medical Communications ^*  (United States)

^d UCSF Medical Center and Associate Clinical UCSF School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge medications; Pediatrics; Pharmacist intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4644308582     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E087     Document Type: Article

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