JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 515-518, October 2007

Drug Costs and Use in VHA Nursing Homes: A National Overview of Long-Stay Residents

  • Dustin D. French, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VISN-8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley VAMC, Tampa, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dustin D. French, PhD, VISN-8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, 13000 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard (118M), Tampa, FL 33612.
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  • Robert R. Campbell, JD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VISN-8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley VAMC, Tampa, FL
  • ,
  • Andrea M. Spehar, DVM, MPH, JD

      Affiliations

    • VISN-8 Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, James A. Haley VAMC, Tampa, FL
  • ,
  • Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Director of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHS) Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Sepulveda and West Los Angeles Divisions, North Hills, CA
  • ,
  • Francesca E. Cunningham, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • VHA Center for Medication Safety, Pharmacy Benefits Management, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Hines, IL.

published online 18 September 2007.

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 The research reported here was supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00129-6

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2007.02.001

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 515-518, October 2007