Under-prescribing and non-adherence to medications after coronary bypass surgery in older adults: Strategies to improve adherence

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-103

  Sengstock, David ^a,b   Vaitkevicius, Peter ^a,b   Salama, Ahmed ^b   Mentzer, Robert M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass; Elderly; Patient compliance; Prescribing.

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GENERIC DRUG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856259105     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11598500-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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