Medication nonadherence in diabetes: Longitudinal effects on costs and potential cost savings from improvement

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2533-2539

  Egede, Leonard E ^a,b   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^a,c   Dismuke, Clara E ^a,b   Lynch, Cheryl P ^a,b   Axon, R Neal ^a,b   Zhao, Yumin ^b   Mauldin, Patrick D ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COST SAVINGS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84869833581     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-0572     Document Type: Article

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