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Medicines-related interventions to support safe transitions for care home residents post hospital discharge: Do hospital-delivered interventions have a role?

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  1. Pharmacy Department, Austin Health, PO Box 5555, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia

    Rohan A. Elliott & Simone E. Taylor

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia

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Elliott, R.A., Taylor, S.E. Medicines-related interventions to support safe transitions for care home residents post hospital discharge: Do hospital-delivered interventions have a role?. Int J Clin Pharm 45, 787–788 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-023-01579-9

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