Medication non-adherence in the elderly: How big is the problem?

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 793-811

  Hughes, Carmel M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 7044235651     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200421120-00004     Document Type: Review

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