Temporal trends in adherence to cardiovascular medications in elderly patients after hospitalization for heart failure

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 548-554

  Setoguchi, S ^a   Choudhry, N K ^a   Levin, R ^a   Shrank, W H ^a   Winkelmayer, W C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INSURANCE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRONOLACTONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957017717     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2010.139     Document Type: Article

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