Cost-related medication underuse: Do patients with chronic illnesses tell their doctors?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1749-1755

  Piette, John D ^a,c   Heisler, Michele ^a   Wagner, Todd H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG UNDERUSE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 2442510529     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.16.1749     Document Type: Review

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