Part 2. Clinical and Economic Outcomes in the Hypertension and COPD Arms of a Multicenter Outcomes Study
Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1996)Published 1 September 1998
David Solomon, Tracy S. Portner, George E. Bass, Dick R. Gourley, Greta A. Gourley, James Holt
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Pharmacists' participation in a pharmaceutical care program resulted in disease state improvement in ambulatory patients with hypertension and COPD.
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Pharmacists' participation in a pharmaceutical care program resulted in disease state improvement in ambulatory patients with hypertension and COPD.
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