Assessment of the impact of medication therapy management delivered to home-based Medicare beneficiaries

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-610

  Welch, Erin K ^a   Delate, Thomas ^a,b,d   Chester, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Stubbings, Troy ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services administration; Medicare Part D; Medication therapy management; Pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 65749114826     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L524     Document Type: Article

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