Prevalence of unclaimed prescriptions at military pharmacies

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-552

  Esposito, Dominick ^a   Schone, Eric ^a   Williams, Thomas ^b   Liu, Su ^a   CyBulski, Karen ^a   Stapulonis, Rita ^a   Clusen, Nancy ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX RATIO; TELEPHONE; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 51349119696     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2008.14.6.541     Document Type: Article

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