Pharmacy continuity of care: What do community pharmacists need from an acute care hospital to improve continuity of pharmaceutical care?

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Layson Wolf, Cherokee ^a,b   Morgan, Jill A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharmaceutical care programmes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 49549083259     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-200816040-00001     Document Type: Review

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