Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , March 2010

Electronically transmitted prescriptions not picked up at pharmacies in Sweden

  • Fredrik Ax, M.Sc.(Pharm.)

      Affiliations

    • Apoteket Västerås Hospital EA, Västerås Central Hospital, SE-721 89 Västerås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Ekedahl, M.Sc.(Pharm.), Ph.D.(Med. Sc.)

      Affiliations

    • R&D Department, Apoteket AB, Apoteket Lejonet, Stortorget 8, SE-211 34 Malmö, Sweden
    • School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 70 545 1057; fax: +46 40 97 00 89.

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PII: S1551-7411(09)00074-6

doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2009.06.003

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 70-77 , March 2010

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