Trouble getting started: Predictors of primary medication nonadherence

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fischer, Michael A ^a   Choudhry, Niteesh K ^a   Brill, Gregory ^b   Avorn, Jerry ^a   Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^a   Hutchins, David ^c   Liberman, Joshua N ^c   Brennan, Troyen A ^c   Shrank, William H ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CVS Caremark   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic prescribing; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MACROLIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; PHARMACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055004072     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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