Older adults' satisfaction with a medication dispensing device in home care

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-222

  Reeder, Blaine ^a   Demiris, George ^a   Marek, Karen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Medication dispenser; Medication management; Older adults; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPHARMACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMINDER SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; DEVICES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPHARMACY; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879955196     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2012.741084     Document Type: Article

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