Adherence to emergency department discharge prescriptions

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Hohl, Corinne M ^a,b,c   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a,b,c   Brubacher, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c   Zed, Peter J ^d,e   Sobolev, Boris ^b   Tsai, Gina ^b   Kretz, Patricia ^b   Nemethy, Kevin ^b   Bijlsma, Jan Jaap ^a,b   Purssell, Roy A ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; Adverse drug related events; Compliance; Emergency medicine; Health services use; Return visits

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS AND AGENTS; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66849115395     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350001109X     Document Type: Article

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