Effects of eHealth interventions on medication adherence: a systematic review of the literature

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Linn, Annemiek J ^a   Vervloet, Marcia ^b   van Dijk, Liset ^b   Smit, Edith G ^a   van Weert, Julia CM ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; Effects; EHealth; Internet interventions; Medication adherence; RCT; Systematic review; Tailoring

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; SEARCH ENGINE; TELEMEDICINE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84859897294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1738     Document Type: Article

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