Home-based comprehensive medication reviews: Pharmacist's impact on drug therapy problems in geriatric patients

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 598-605

  Steele, Katelyn M ^a   Ruisinger, Janelle F ^b   Bates, Jessica ^b   Prohaska, Emily S ^a   Melton, Brittany L ^c   Hipp, Stephanie ^b,d  

^a Balls Food Stores Price Chopper Pharmacy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c Balls Food Stores Hen House and Price Chopper   (United States)

^d Menorah Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comprehensive medication review; Drug therapy problem; Geriatrics; Medication therapy management; Nonadherence; Pharmacist; Star Rating

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSIVE MEDICATION REVIEW; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG THERAPY PROBLEM; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; GERIATRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; STANDARDS; TELEPHONE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990818545     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2016.598     Document Type: Article

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