Effect of clinical pharmacists on care in the emergency department: a systematic review.
PURPOSE: A systematic literature review was conducted to ascertain the scope of involvement of clinical pharmacists in the emergency department (ED); summarize economic, humanistic, and clinical outcomes data; describe current limitations of these data; and identify areas for future research. METHOD...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 66; no. 15; pp. 1353 - 1362 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
8/1/2009
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