The AdHOC study of older adults' adherence to medication in 11 countries

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1067-1076

  Cooper, Claudia ^a   Carpenter, Iain ^a   Katona, Cornelius ^a   Schroll, Marianne ^a   Wagner, Cordula ^a   Fialova, Daniela ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; FRANCE; ITALY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33645737250     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200512000-00006     Document Type: Article

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