Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 185-195 , September 2010

Receiving a pharmaceutical care service compared to receiving standard pharmacy service in Sweden–How do patients differ with regard to perceptions of medicine use and the pharmacy encounter?

  • Anna T. Montgomery, M.Sc. (Pharm.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Apoteket AB, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Apoteket AB, SE-118 81 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46-10-447-52-27; fax: +469-10-447-50-80.
    • ,
  • Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Apoteket AB, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Nila Manap, M.Sc. (Pharm.)

      Affiliations

    • Apoteket AB, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Mary P. Tully, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • Åsa Kettis Lindblad, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Quality and Evaluation Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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PII: S1551-7411(09)00107-7

doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2009.09.002

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 185-195 , September 2010

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