Atrial fibrillation and the 'other drug problem': reducing non-adherence with technology
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Atrial fibrillation and the 'other drug problem': reducing non-adherence with technology.
The terms compliance, adherence, concordance, and persistence are used to characterize important aspects of medication-taking behaviour. According to the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Medication Compliance and Persistence Work Group, medication compliance (or adherence) is defined as ‘the extent to which a patient acts in accordance with the prescribed interv...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht174