Labor costs and economic impact of a primary care clinical pharmacy service on postfracture care in postmenopausal women

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 243-250

  Irwin, Adriane N ^a,b   Billups, Sarah J ^b,c   Heilmann, Rachel M F ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pharmacy Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

bisphosphonate; bone density; delivery of health care; economics; fractures; osteoporosis; pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PURCHASING; REGISTERED NURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84925456406     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: 18759114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1554     Document Type: Article

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