Evaluation of prescriber responses to pharmacist recommendations communicated by fax in a medication therapy management program (MTMP)

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-354

  Perera, Prasadini N ^a   Guy, Mignonne C ^a   Sweaney, Ashley M ^a   Boesen, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EVALUATION; FAX; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST SAVINGS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEFACSIMILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052539675     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2011.17.5.345     Document Type: Article

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