Cost-related medication underuse: A window into patients' medication-related concerns

Diabetes Spectrum

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Piette, John D ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Program on Quality Improvement for Complex Chronic Conditions

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 66749132499     PISSN: 10409165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diaspect.22.2.77     Document Type: Review

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