Does package design matter for patients? the association between package design and patients drug knowledge

Pharmaceutical Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Wilke, Thomas ^a   Müller, Sabrina ^a   Neumann, Kai ^a   Loder, Tobias ^b  

^a Hochschule Wismar   (Germany)

^b Pharmacy LUX99   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medical information; Patient compliance; Patient package inserts

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST;

EID: 80052871414     PISSN: 11782595     EISSN: 11791993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11592260-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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