Assessing medication adherence among older persons in community settings

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Vik, Shelly A ^a   Maxwell, Colleen J ^a,b,c   Hogan, David B ^a,b   Patten, Scott B ^a,c   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^c,d   Romonko Slack, Lori ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Home care; Measurement; Medication adherence; Pill count; Self report

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NURSE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 30744463889     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: 17106222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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