Development and testing of performance measures for pharmacy services

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Pillittere Dugan, Donna ^a   Nau, David P ^b   McDonough, Kimberly ^c   Pierre, Zakiya ^d  

^a Humana Pharmacy Solutions ^*

^b HUMANA INC   (United States)

^c Advanced Pharmacy Concepts Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay for performance; Practice standards; Quality control; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67449099375     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09012     Document Type: Article

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