New measure of adherence adjusted for prescription patterns: The case of adults with asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroid monotherapy

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-341

  Blais, Lucie ^a   Kettani, Fatima Zohra ^b   Beauchesne, Marie France ^a   Lemière, Catherine ^b   Perreault, Sylvie ^a   Forget, Amélie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Asthma; Inhaled corticosteroids; Medication adherence; Prescription patterns

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTION OF DAYS COVERED; PROPORTION OF PRESCRIBED DAYS COVERED;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952664181     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P719     Document Type: Article

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