Expert and consumer evaluation of patient medication leaflets provided in U.S. pharmacies.

Objective: Evaluate the distribution and quality of patient medication leaflets provided in U.S. pharmacies.

Evaluation of written prescription information provided in community pharmacies: a study in eight states.

Objectives: To develop three tools for assessing the quality of written information provided with new prescriptions in community pharmacies and to identify pharmacy, pharmacist, and patient characteristics associated with the dissemination and quality of that information.

Design: Observational study. Regression techniques were used to analyze the influence of pharmacy, pharmacist, and shopper (acting as patient) characteristics on outcome measures.