Consumer perspectives of the Australian Home Medicines Review Program: Benefits and barriers

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-16

  White, Lesley ^a   Klinner, Christiane ^b   Carter, Stephen ^c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Medication; Patient education; Risk perceptions; Users' experiences of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855822739     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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