Medication use among inner-city patients after hospital discharge: Patient-reported barriers and solutions

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-535

  Kripalani, Sunil ^a   Henderson, Laura E ^b   Jacobson, Terry A ^b   Vaccarino, Viola ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44149084049     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/83.5.529     Document Type: Article

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