Impact of pharmacist intervention in conjunction with outpatient physician follow-up visits after hospital discharge on readmission rate

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2015, Pages S36-S42

  Arnold, Matthew E ^a   Buys, Lucinda ^b   Fullas, Fekadu ^c  

^a Siouxland Medical Education Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Iowa Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACIST; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957889961     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/SP150011     Document Type: Article

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