Willingness to pay for a pharmacist's dispensing service: A cross-sectional pilot study in the state of Penang, Malaysia

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-121

  Shafie, Asrul A ^a   Hassali, Mohamed A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Fees, pharmaceutical; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 77953940508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552010000200006     Document Type: Article

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