Prescription refill records as a screening tool to identify antidepressant non-adherence

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Hansen, Richard A ^a   Dusetzina, Stacie B ^a   Dominik, Rosalie C ^b   Gaynes, Bradley N ^c  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Depression; Prescription refills; Screening

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75749105404     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1881     Document Type: Article

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