A critical review of interventions to increase compliance with medication-taking, obtaining medication refills, and appointment-keeping in the treatment of cardiovascular disease

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 535-548

  Newell, Sallie A ^a   Bowman, Jennifer A ^a   Cockburn, Jill D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Patient compliance; Pharmacological interventions; Review

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033378322     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0579     Document Type: Article

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