Medication reconciliation is a prerequisite for obtaining a valid medication review

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bjeldbak Olesen, Mette ^a   Gadsbølle Danielsen, Anja ^b   Vilstrup Tomsen, Dorthe ^a   Joen Jakobsen, Tomas ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Sandoz   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE SUMMARIES; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877274796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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