The effect of early in-hospital medication review on health outcomes: A systematic review

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-61

  Hohl, Corinne M ^a,b   Wickham, Maeve E ^a,b   Sobolev, Boris ^a,b   Perry, Jeff J ^c,d   Sivilotti, Marco L A ^e   Garrison, Scott ^f   Lang, Eddy ^g   Brasher, Penny ^a,b   Doyle Waters, Mary M ^b   Brar, Baljeet ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^f   Lexchin, Joel ^h,i   Holland, Richard ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

adverse drug events; clinical pharmacist; clinical pharmacy; drug related problems; medication history; medication review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EFFECT SIZE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84933039435     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12585     Document Type: Article

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