Improving Medication Adherence in Coronary Heart Disease

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Zullig, Leah L ^a,b   Ramos, Katherine ^a,b   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b,c  

^a DURHAM VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Medication adherence; Randomized control trials

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COUNSELING; E-COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION;

COMMUNICATION; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85029800173     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-017-0918-y     Document Type: Review

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