Medication Adherence
University of Denver · University of Washington · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Medication adherence usually refers to whether patients take their medications as prescribed (eg, twice daily), as well as whether they continue to take a prescribed medication. Medication nonadherence is a growing concern to clinicians, healthcare systems, and other stakeholders (eg, payers) because of mounting evidence that it is prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes and higher costs of care. To date, measurement of patient medication adherence and use of interventions to improve adherence are rare in routine clinical practice. The goals of the present report are to address (1) different methods of measuring adherence, (2) the prevalence of medication nonadherence, (3) the association between…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 22.55
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 80
Authors
3- PMP. Michael HoCorresponding
University of Denver, University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Denver VA Medical Center, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado Denver
- CLChris L. Bryson
University of Denver, University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Denver VA Medical Center, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado Denver
- JSJohn S. Rumsfeld
University of Denver, University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Denver VA Medical Center, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado Denver
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Medication adherence
- Psychological intervention
- MEDLINE
- Family medicine
- Adverse effect
- Health care
- Intensive care medicine