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A national survey of clinical pharmacy services in county hospitals in China

Clinical pharmacy is not only a medical science but also an elaborate public health care system firmly related to its subsystems of education, training, qualification authentication, scientific research, management, and human resources. China is a developing country with a tremendous need for improv...

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Main Authors: Yao, Dongning, Xi, Xiaoyu, Huang, Yuankai, Hu, Hao, Hu, Yuanjia, Wang, Yitao, Yao, Wenbing
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