Anticoagulation clinics in North America: Operational insights

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 245-246

  Tsuyuki, Ross T ^a   Bungard, Tammy ^a   Grant, Carla M ^b   Ackman, Margaret L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Regional Pharmacy Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Anticoagulation clinic; International normalized ratio; Pharmacy services; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NORTH AMERICA; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 50649086792     PISSN: 00084123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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