Evaluation of discharge medication orders following automatic therapeutic substitution of commonly exchanged drug classes

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Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 267-277

  Glaholt, Sarah ^a   Hayes, Genevieve L ^b   Wisniewski, Christopher S ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESCITALOPRAM; ESOMEPRAZOLE; LANSOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC THERAPEUTIC SUBSTITUTION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84898880729     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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