Establishing a Pharmacy-Based Patient Registry System: A Pilot Study for Evaluating Pharmacist Intervention for Patients with Long-Term Medication Use

• Main Authors: Manabu Akazawa (Author), Akiko Mikami (Author), Yuri Tamura (Author), Natsuyo Yanagi (Author), Shinichi Yamamura (Author), Hiroyasu Ogata (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In Japan, an increasing number of patients are prescribed a large amount of long-term medications by large hospitals that are then dispensed by a community pharmacy. This practice often leads to considerable wastage of medicine. As part of their professional role, community pharmacists a...