Variations in compliance among hypertensive patients by drug class: Implications for health care costs

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1446-1457

  Rizzo, John A ^a   Simons, W Robert ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Med Aff Health Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Costs; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031427407     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(97)80018-5     Document Type: Note

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