Collaborative medication management services: improving patient care
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Collaborative medication management services: improving patient care.
OBJECTIVE To implement and evaluate a collaborative medication management service model. DESIGN Participatory action research. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The study was conducted from March 1999 to March 2000; 1000 patients, 63 pharmacists and 129 general practitioners from six Divisions of General Practice in South Australia participated. INTERVENTIONS A collaborative service delivery model...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04730.x