Do we prescribe what patients prefer? Pilot study to assess patient preferences for medication regimen characteristics

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 679-684

  Witticke, Diana ^a   Seidling, Hanna Marita ^a   Klimm, Hans Dieter ^a   Haefeli, Walter Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherence; Medication regimen complexity; Patient perception

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; NOSE SPRAY;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHEWABLE TABLET; CREAM; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG UTILIZATION; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; EVENING DOSAGE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INHALER; INTERVIEW; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORNING DOSAGE; OINTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SELF REPORT; SYRUP; TABLET FORMULATION; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 84877773489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S35950     Document Type: Article

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