Patient satisfaction with community pharmacy: Comparing urban and suburban chain-pharmacy populations

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-128

  Malewski, David F ^a   Ream, Aimrie ^a   Gaither, Caroline A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Patient satisfaction; Pharmacy location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SUBURBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84914701210     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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