Quality of medication use in primary care—mapping the problem, working to a solution: a systematic review of the literature.

Sara Garfield; Nick Barber; Paul Walley; Alan Willson; Lina Eliasson

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Quality of medication use in primary care—mapping the problem, working to a solution: a systematic review of the literature.

October 21, 2009

Garfield S, Barber N, Walley P, et al. BMC Med. 2009;7:50.

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