Evaluation of Belgian hospital drug formularies based on quality indicators

EJHP Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-37

  Buyle, Franky Ma ^a   Robays, Hugo ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Data collection; Drug therapy; DTC; Formularies; Hospital; Indicator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COST CONTROL; DRUG FORMULARY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 69949174379     PISSN: 17819989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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