Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

Background Many systematic reviews exist on interventions to improve safe and effective
medicines use by consumers, but research is distributed across diseases, populations and …

Abstract Rationale, Aims, and Objectives Pharmaceutical care involves patient‐centred
pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of …

Abstract Objectives Metered Dose Inhalers (MDI) are widely prescribed for patients with
asthma and Chronic| Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Clinical response to inhaled …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Policies to expand the traditional role of community
pharmacists have been implemented or at least considered in a number of countries, as …

Objective To investigate the provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists
across Europe and to examine the various factors that could affect its implementation …

Objective: To describe the state of community pharmacy, including patient care services, in
the US. Findings: Chain pharmacies, including traditional chains, mass merchandisers, and …

BACKGROUND: Medicare Part D is a voluntary prescription drug benefit for Medicare
beneficiaries. As part of the coverage, medication therapy management services (MTMS) …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of pharmaceutical care (PC) interventions on health-
related quality of life (HRQoL) and determine sensitivity of HRQoL measures to PC services …

Background Pharmaceutical care (PC) is the philosophy of practice that includes identifying
and resolving medication therapy problems to improve patient outcomes. Objectives The …