Rural access to clinical pharmacy services

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 518-525

  Patterson, Brandon J ^a   Kaboli, Peter J ^b   Tubbs, Traviss ^c   Alexander, Bruce ^d   Lund, Brian C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Veterans Rural Health Resource Center   (United States)

^c CenCal Health   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacy services; Rural access; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PHARMACY SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELEHEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VETERANS HEALTH; VIDEORECORDING; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907148168     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2014.13248     Document Type: Article

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