Don’t Leave Without Them: Dispensing asthma medications to pediatric patients upon discharge is associated with decreased hospital readmissions
Purpose: Asthma exacerbations are a leading cause of hospital and emergency department admissions at pediatric institutions. The objective of this study was to determine if patients who obtain discharge medications from a pediatric institution’s outpatient pharmacy after an admission for asthma have...
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Language: | English |
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University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
2012-01-01
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Series: | INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy |
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Online Access: | http://www.pharmacy.umn.edu/innovations/prod/groups/cop/@pub/@cop/@innov/documents/article/cop_article_420330.pdf |