Will the reform of community pharmacies in Italy be of benefit to patients or the Italian National Health Service?

Drugs and Therapy Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 23-26

  Garattini, Livio ^a   Van De Vooren, Katelijne ^a   Curto, Alessandro ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pharmaceutical services

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ITALY; MARKET; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHARMACY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 84867376030     PISSN: 11720360     EISSN: 11791977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11209090-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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