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. 2015 Apr;32(4):14-18.

The Cost of Unused Medications

Jennifer L Schuh  1 , Andrew J Hewuse  1
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The Cost of Unused Medications

Jennifer L Schuh et al. Fed Pract. 2015 Apr.

Abstract

This quality improvement project evaluated the cost of patient medication returns and explores additional sources of waste in the prescribing and dispensing processes at a military community hospital.

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Author disclosures The authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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