The relationship between drug therapy noncompliance and patient characteristics, health-related quality of life, and health care costs

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 8I, 2000, Pages 941-949

  Billups, Sarah J ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^b   Carter, Barry L ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0033838764     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.20.11.941.35266     Document Type: Article

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