Continuity of care and its effect on prescription drug use among medicare beneficiaries with hypertension

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 516-521

  Robles, Sylvia ^a   Anderson, Gerard F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; continuity of care; hypertension; medicare; primary care

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954787821     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820fb10c     Document Type: Article

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