Enhancing patient compliance in the elderly. Role of packaging aids and monitoring

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept Vet Aff Connecticut H ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DRUG DOSE; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL;

AGED; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 0031962126     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199812010-00002     Document Type: Review

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