Electronically transmitted prescriptions not picked up at pharmacies in Sweden

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Ax, Fredrik ^a   Ekedahl, Anders ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b R and D Department   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Electronic prescriptions; Primary nonadherence; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149135568     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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