Integrated medicines management - Can routine implementation improve quality?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 807-815

  Scullin, Claire ^a   Hogg, Anita ^b   Luo, Ruoyin ^a   Scott, Michael G ^b   McElnay, James C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health care benefits; integrated medicines management; opportunity costs; routine clinical practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED MEDICINE MANAGEMENT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863332400     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01682.x     Document Type: Article

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