Greater refill adherence to adalimumab therapy for patients using specialty versus retail pharmacies

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 523-532

  Liu, Yifei ^a   Yang, Mei ^b   Chao, Jingdong ^b   Mulani, Parvez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

adalimumab; medication refill adherence; retail pharmacy; specialty pharmacy

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALARY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALTY PHARMACY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956228364     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-010-0050-5     Document Type: Article

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