Effect of nurse practitioner and pharmacist counseling on inappropriate medication use in family practice

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 862-868

  Fletcher, John ^a   Hogg, William ^a,b   Farrell, Barbara ^a,b,c   Woodend, Kirsten ^a   Dahrouge, Simone ^c   Lemelin, Jacques ^a   Dalziel, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ONTARIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84865427822     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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