Variation in prescriber responses to drug safety alert messages: Disease, symptom, or red herring?

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-232

  Ollendorf, Daniel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC REVIEW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REMINDER SYSTEM; STANDARD;

HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952306921     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2010.16.3.231     Document Type: Note

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