Medication adherence and persistence in the last year of life in COPD patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 525-534

  Jung, Eunmi ^a   Pickard, A Simon ^a,b,c   Salmon, J Warren ^a   Bartle, Brian ^c   Lee, Todd A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Chicago College of Pharmacy   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; End of life; Patient compliance; Pharmacotherapy; United States Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHYLXANTHINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; XANTHINES;

EID: 60649101799     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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