Medication Adherence to Multidrug Regimens

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-300

  Marcum, Zachary A ^a   Gellad, Walid F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Elderly; Geriatric; Medication; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WARFARIN;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILL; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 84859701804     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2012.01.008     Document Type: Review

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