Screening tests for intended medication adherence among the elderly

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 888-893

  Raehl, Cynthia L ^a   Bond, C A ^a   Woods, Tresa J ^a   Patry, Roland A ^a   Sleeper, Rebecca B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Health literacy; MedTake Test; REALM

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646783251     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1G478     Document Type: Article

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