Strategies to Improve Medication Adherence in Older Persons: Consensus Statement from the Senior Italia Federanziani Advisory Board

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 629-637

  Marengoni, Alessandra ^a   Monaco, Alessandro ^b   Costa, Elisio ^c   Cherubini, Antonio ^d   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^e   Muth, Christiane ^f   Melis, Renè J F ^g   Pasina, Luca ^h   van der Cammen, Tischa J M ^i,j   Palmer, Katie ^k   Pecorelli, Sergio ^a   Onder, Graziano ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA ARAGÓN IIS ARAGÓN   (Spain)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^k IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; ITALY; LIFESPAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMINDER SYSTEM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; CONSENSUS; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONSENSUS; DRUG THERAPY; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84979240942     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-016-0387-9     Document Type: Article

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