The association of smoking with medical treatment adherence in the workforce of a large employer

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 477-486

  Sherman, Bruce W ^a,b,c   Lynch, Wendy D ^d,e  

^a Employers Health Coalition   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sherman Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

^d Lynch Consulting Ltd   (United States)

^e ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic condition management; Disease management; Employer health benefits; Health care utilization and costs; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898848772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S60927     Document Type: Article

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