Primary Medication Non-Adherence after Discharge from a General Internal Medicine Service

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Fallis, Brooks A ^a   Dhalla, Irfan A ^a,b,c,d,e   Klemensberg, Jason ^d   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CLOXACILLIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LONG ACTING DRUG; METOPROLOL; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; RAMIPRIL; SALBUTAMOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84877016736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061735     Document Type: Article

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