Preventing hospital admissions by reviewing medication (PHARM) in primary care: Design of the cluster randomised, controlled, multi-centre PHARM-study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Leendertse, Anne J ^a,b,c   De Koning, Fred H P ^b,d   Goudswaard, Alex N ^e   Jonkhoff, Andries R ^f   Van Den Bogert, Sander C A ^b   De Gier, Han J ^g   Egberts, Toine C G ^b,c   Van Den Bemt, Patricia M L A ^b,h  

^a SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice and Policy   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Kring Pharmacies   (Netherlands)

^e DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

^f Jonkhoff Huisartsenpraktijk   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78650946457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-4     Document Type: Article

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