Exploratory study of community pharmacists' perceptions about new or transferred prescription incentives

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Fleming, Marc ^a   Nemlekar, Poorva ^b   Brown, Carolyn M ^b   Cantu, Roxanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c H E B Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Medication errors; Pharmacists; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTERACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYER; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84874437012     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2012.11096     Document Type: Article

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