Quality assessment of patients' self-monitoring of blood glucose in community pharmacies

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Kjome, Reidun L S ^a   Granas, Anne G ^a   Nerhus, Kari ^a   Sandberg, Sverre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood glucose self monitoring; Community pharmacy services; Norway; Quality assurance, health care

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77950537999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552010000100008     Document Type: Article

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