Medication review and patient counselling at discharge from the hospital by community pharmacists

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 630-637

  Hugtenburg, J G ^a   Borgsteede, S D ^b   Beckeringh, J J ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Health Insurance Board ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discharge from hospital; Drug counselling; Medication review; Patient satisfaction; Persistence; Polypharmacy; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DRUG COSTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76749106517     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-009-9314-z     Document Type: Article

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