Inhaler costs and medication nonadherence among seniors with chronic pulmonary disease

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 614-620

  Castaldi, Peter J ^a   Rogers, William H ^a   Safran, Dana Gelb ^a,b   Wilson, Ira B ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEBULIZER; PSYCHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956793010     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-3031     Document Type: Article

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