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Improving health outcomes by reducing medicines waste
Author(s) -
Taylor David
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1158
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
Our series on adherence with prescribed medications considers how it can be improved and the cost of wasted medicines reduced. Here, Professor David Taylor looks at the causes of avoidable drug waste and the savings that can be achieved.