Initial Medication Adherence - Review and Recommendations for Good Practices in Outcomes Research: An ISPOR Medication Adherence and Persistence Special Interest Group Report

Value in Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 690-699

  Hutchins, David S ^a   Zeber, John E ^b,c,d   Roberts, Craig S ^e   Williams, Allison F ^f   Manias, Elizabeth ^g,h   Peterson, Andrew M ⁱ  

^a CVS Caremark   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

good research methodology; initial compliance; initial medication adherence; medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; STANDARDS;

CONSENSUS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RESEARCH DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84941420873     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2015.02.015     Document Type: Review

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