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Measuring the impact of patient counseling in the outpatient pharmacy setting : the research design of the Kaiser Permanente/USC patient consultation study . This article describes the research method used to measure the impact of three alternative models of patient counseling in the outpatient pharmacy setting . The study was conducted in pharmacies operated by the Southern California region Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program . Both random assignment and large-scale geographic area research designs were used . The presentation of the research design includes discussions of data collection and patient sampling methods ; the measurement of patient outcomes , including measures of health care costs and utilization , patient functional status , and quality of life . Demographic data are presented for the study population , including an analysis of potential biased selection of patients electing to participate in random assignment . Data are also presented documenting potential selection bias across geographically determined treatment groups in the geographic area design arm . Finally , the article presents the analysis plan for the study and discusses study limitations .
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Intervention_Educational
patient counseling
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Intervention_Educational
patient counseling
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Outcome_Mental
patient outcomes
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Outcome_Other
measures of health care costs and utilization
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Outcome_Physical
patient functional status
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Outcome_Other
quality of life
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Measuring the impact of patient counseling in the outpatient pharmacy setting : the research design of the Kaiser Permanente/USC patient consultation study .