Adherence to multiple drug therapies: Refill adherence to concomitant use of diabetes and asthma/COPD medication

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1120-1128

  Krigsman, Kristin ^a   Nilsson, J Lars G ^b   Ring, Lena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Diabetes; Pharmacy record database; Refill adherence

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; SALMETEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

AGED; ASTHMA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 35649016685     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1433     Document Type: Article

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