Ready, willing, and able to provide MTM services?: A survey of community pharmacists in the USA

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-381

  Law, Anandi V ^a   Okamoto, Mark P ^b   Brock, Kelly ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges to MTM; Community pharmacists providing MTM; MTM preparedness; MTM survey of community pharmacists; Pharmacist readiness and willingness for MTM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70849128984     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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