Comparison of the adherence and persistence to inhaled corticosteroids among adult patients with public and private drug insurance plans

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cyr, Marie Christyne ^a   Beauchesne, Marie France ^a,b   Lemière, Catherine ^a,b   Blais, Lucie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; Administrative database; Inhaled corticosteroids; Persistence; Private drug insurance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CICLESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875041493     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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