Measurement of non-compliance to antihypertensive medication using pill counts and pharmacy records

Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 198-207

  Grégoire, Jean Pierre ^a   Guilbert, Rémi ^b   Archambault, André ^c   Contandriopoulos, André Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive drugs; Canada; Compliance; Methodology; Patient medication records; Pill counts; ROC curves

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARMACY;

EID: 0031408466     PISSN: 02810662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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