important. Four main quality prerequisites regarding medication information should be met according to patients, which included assessible, comprehensive, reliable, and understandable. Patients perceive current medication information of unsatisfactorily quality.
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Information needs and patient perceptions of the quality of medication information available in hospitals: a mixed method study
Charlotte L Bekker, Shaghayegh Mohsenian Naghani, Stephanie Natsch, Naomi S Wartenberg, Bart J F van den Bemt
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