The change we need in health care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 737-739

  Goff Jr , David C ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; NOTE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649109003     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.24     Document Type: Editorial

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