How Often Is Medication Taken as Prescribed?: A Novel Assessment Technique

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 22, 1989, Pages 3273-3277

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a   Mattson, Richard H ^a   Prevey, Mary L ^a   Scheyer, Richard D ^a   Ouellette, Valinda L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024343414     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420220087032     Document Type: Article

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