Examining the first year of medicines use review services provided by pharmacists in New Zealand: 2008

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1293, 2009, Pages 26-35

  Lee, Evan ^a   Braund, Rhiannon ^b   Tordoff, June ^b  

^a Pharmacy are first   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLISTER PACK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FUNDING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICATION USE REVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 67650091999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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