Payment for clinical pharmacy services revisited

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Stubbings, Joann ^a,b   Nutescu, Edith ^a,b   Durley, Sandra F ^b   Bauman, Jerry L ^a,b  

^a Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacy services; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Payment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; LAW; MEDICAID; OPTOMETRY; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; OPTOMETRY; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 78650749878     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.31.1.1     Document Type: Review

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