Non-compliance in elderly people: Evaluation of risk factors by longitudinal data analysis

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Lau, Hong S ^a   Beuning, Karin S ^a   Postma Lim, Ennie ^b   Klein Beernink, Liesbeth ^b   De Boer, Anthonius ^a   Porsius, Arjan J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b District Centre for the Elderly 'De Flesseman'   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

data interpretation, statistical; drug utilization; elderly; interview, home; patient non compliance; records, pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; CARBASALATE CALCIUM; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; RANITIDINE; TEMAZEPAM; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0029898699     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00579707     Document Type: Article

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