A Prescription for Improving Drug Formulary Decision Making
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1 Brigham and Woman’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 3 University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 4 Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 5 University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Pharmacy Administration, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 6 John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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