Refill adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents and glycemic control in veterans

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 800-808

  Kim, Nancy ^a   Agostini, Joseph V ^b   Justice, Amy C ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AETNA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Medication; Pharmacy claims; Refill

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE PLUS METFORMIN; GLIPIZIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; MIGLITOL; NATEGLINIDE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PIOGLITAZONE; REPAGLINIDE; ROSIGLITAZONE; TOLAZAMIDE; TOLBUTAMIDE; TROGLITAZONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 77951605015     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M570     Document Type: Article

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