Defining an evidence-based cutpoint for medication adherence in heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Wu, Jia Rong ^a   Moser, Debra K ^a   De Jong, Marla J ^b   Rayens, Mary Kay ^a   Chung, Misook L ^a   Riegel, Barbara ^c   Lennie, Terry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58649104676     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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