Obstacles to the recognition of medical prescriptions issued in one EU country and presented in another

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 972-974

  San Miguel, Lorena ^a   Baeten, Rita ^a   Remmen, Roy ^b   Busse, Reinhard ^c   Gil, Joan ^d   Knai, Cecile ^e   Mäkinen, Mia ^f   Rubert, Gloria ^d   McKee, Martin ^e  

^a European Social Observatory (OSE)   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84890513666     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt071     Document Type: Article

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