Improving medication adherence: a framework for community pharmacy-based interventions
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Improving medication adherence: a framework for community pharmacy-based interventions
Evidence supports that patient medication adherence is suboptimal with patients typically taking less than half of their prescribed doses. Medication nonadherence is associated with poor health outcomes and higher downstream health care costs. Results of studies evaluating pharmacist-led models in a community pharmacy setting and their impact on medication adherence have been mixed. Community p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2230-5254
DOI: 10.2147/iprp.s93036