Predictors of prescription filling after visits to the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-25

  Rosman, Samantha L ^a   Dorfman, David ^a   Suglia, Shakira F ^a   Humphrey, Chelsea ^a   Silverstein, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

medication adherence; prescription filling; primary nonadherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTION FILLING; SCHOOL CHILD; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION FEES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TRUST;

EID: 84855434272     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823ed6e4     Document Type: Article

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