Pharmacists' preferences for providing patient-centered services: A discrete choice experiment to guide health policy

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1554-1564

  Grindrod, Kelly A ^a   Marra, Carlo A ^a,b,c   Colley, Lindsey ^a   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^d,e   Lynd, Larry D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences   (Canada)

^c ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Discrete choice experiment; Latent class analysis; Pharmacy practice; Preference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 77957657998     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P228     Document Type: Article

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