Feasibility and timeliness of alternatives to post-discharge home medicines reviews for high-risk patients

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Angley, Manya ^a   Ponniah, Anne P ^a   Spurling, Lisa K ^b   Sheridan, Louise ^c   Colley, Des ^b   Nooney, Vivek B ^d   Bong, Xin Jou ^a   Padhye, Vaishali ^a   Shakib, Sepehr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION MISADVENTURE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTDISCHARGE HOME MEDICINES REVIEW; POSTDISCHARGE HOSPITAL INITIATED MEDICATION REVIEW;

EID: 79960459785     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2011.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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