Advocating zoster vaccination in a community pharmacy through use of personal selling

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-77

  Bryan, Amy R ^a   Liu, Yifei ^b   Kuehl, Peggy G ^b  

^a CVS Caremark   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Personal selling; Vaccinations; Workflow; Zoster vaccine

Indexed keywords

VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKETING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL SELLING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; VACCINATION; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84890061627     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2013.11097     Document Type: Article

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