Clinical Pharmacy Services and Hospital Mortality Rates

Clinical Pharmacy Services and Hospital Mortality Rates

We evaluated the associations between clinical pharmacy services and mortality rates in 1029 United States hospitals. A data base was constructed from Medicare mortality rates from the Health Care Financing Administration and the National Clinical Pharmacy Services data base. A multivariate regressi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pharmacotherapy 1999-05, Vol.19 (5), p.556-564
Hauptverfasser: Bond, C. A., Raehl, Cynthia L., Franke, Todd
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Data Collection
Health participants
Humans
Medical sciences
Pharmacy Service, Hospital - standards
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regression Analysis
Survival Rate
United States
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Zusammenfassung:We evaluated the associations between clinical pharmacy services and mortality rates in 1029 United States hospitals. A data base was constructed from Medicare mortality rates from the Health Care Financing Administration and the National Clinical Pharmacy Services data base. A multivariate regression analysis, controlling for severity of illness, was employed to determine the associations. Four clinical pharmacy services were associated with lower mortality rates: clinical research (p
ISSN:0277-0008
1875-9114
DOI:10.1592/phco.19.8.556.31531