Patient adherence: The next frontier in quality improvement

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-132

  Heidenreich, Paul A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CORONARY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYNDROME;

EID: 3242697726     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.03.007     Document Type: Editorial

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