Racial differences in medication adherence: A cross-sectional study of medicare enrollees

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-145

  Gerber, Ben S ^a,b   Cho, Young Ik ^b   Arozullah, Ahsan M ^b   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^c  

^a JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aged; Health disparities; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954899562     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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