Expanding the Universal Medication Schedule: A patient-centred approach

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^b   Lopez, Andrea ^c   Russell, Allison ^b   Chen, Alice Hm ^c   Schillinger, Dean ^c   Moy, Glen ^d   Sarkar, Urmimala ^c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL MEDICATION SCHEDULE; AGED; COMPREHENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892849856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003699     Document Type: Article

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