What happened to the prescriptions? A single, short, standardized telephone call may increase compliance

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-50

  Hagström, Bertil ^a   Mattsson, Bengt ^b   Rost, Ing Marie ^b   Gunnarsson, Ronny K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Gävle Sandviken Hospital   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Controlled clinical trials; Empowerment; Gender; Patient compliance; Prescription drug

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE;

EID: 1242298762     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh110     Document Type: Article

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