Timeliness and clinical impact of hospital-initiated medication reviews

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Lövgren, Suzanna ^a   Clark, Robyn A ^b,c   Angley, Manya ^c   Ponniah, Anne P ^d   Colley, Desmond ^b   Shakib, Sepehr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INITIATED MEDICATION REVIEW; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICINE; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME;

EID: 75649105322     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2009.tb00472.x     Document Type: Article

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