Determining clinical pharmacy workload by patient disease classification in medical and surgical patients

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-131

  Stuchbery, Peter ^a   Kong, David C M ^b   DeSantis, Giovanna N ^c   Sing, Kai Lo ^d  

^a NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; SURGICAL PATIENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47749086658     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2008.tb00818.x     Document Type: Article

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