Who makes prescribing decisions in hospital inpatients? An observational study.

Sarah Ross; Laura Hamilton; Cristin Ryan; Christine Bond

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Who makes prescribing decisions in hospital inpatients? An observational study.

October 17, 2012

Ross S, Hamilton L, Ryan C, et al. Postgrad Med J. 2012;88(1043):507-10.

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This study discovered that decision-making and actual writing of prescriptions are not always performed by the same provider.

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