Impact of drug shortages on U.S. health systems

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1811-1819

  Kaakeh, Rola ^a,b   Sweet, Burgunda V ^b,c   Reilly, Cynthia ^d   Bush, Colleen ^e   DeLoach, Sherry ^f   Higgins, Barb ^b,g   Clark, Angela M ^h   Stevenson, James ^f  

^a School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Practice Development Division   (United States)

^e AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH SYSTEM PHARMACISTS   (United States)

^f UMH   (United States)

^g UMHS   (United States)

^h Department of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

American Society of Health System Pharmacists; Communication; Data collection; Drug distribution; Economics; Hospitals; Industry, pharmaceutical; Personnel, pharmacy; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053509025     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp110210     Document Type: Article

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