Primary non-adherence in general practice: A Danish register study

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 757-763

  Pottegård, Anton ^a,b   Christensen, Rene Depont ^a   Houji, Alae ^a   Christiansen, Camilla Binderup ^a   Paulsen, Maja Skov ^a,c   Thomsen, Janus Laust ^a,c   Hallas, Jesper ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Quality Unit of General Practice   (Denmark)

Author keywords

General practice; Medication adherence; Patient adherence; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacology; Registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; DENMARK; DRUG USE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84901609280     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1677-y     Document Type: Article

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