Medicine-taking practices in community-dwelling people aged ≥75 years in New Zealand

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 574-580

  Tordoff, June M ^a   Bagge, Michael L ^a   Gray, Andrew R ^a   Campbell, A John ^b   Norris, Pauline T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aged; Cost; Drug therapy; Elderly; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CHONDROITIN; CILAZAPRIL PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; FISH OIL; GLUCOSAMINE; METOPROLOL; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGLUTITION; DRUG COSTS; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955974080     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq069     Document Type: Article

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