Provision of clinical pharmacy services in two safety net provider settings

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Connor, Sharon E ^a   Snyder, Margie E ^a   Snyder, Zachary J ^a   Steinmetz Pater, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless persons; Medication therapy management; Pharmacists; Poverty; United States

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; POVERTY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 70349215652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552009000200005     Document Type: Review

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