Initializing concordance in frail elderly patients via a medicines organizer

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 834-839

  Ryan Woolley, Bernadette M ^a   Rees, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Concordance; Elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG PACKAGING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 17644370023     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E148     Document Type: Article

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