Non-compliance and knowledge of prescribed medication in elderly patients with heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-149

  Cline, C M J ^a   Bjorck Linne A K ^a   Israelsson, B Y A ^a   Willenheimer, R B ^a   Erhardt, L R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compliance; Elderly; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DICOUMAROL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; QUININE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0343674020     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(99)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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