Interventions to Enhance Patient Adherence to Medication Prescriptions
JAMAPublished 11 December 2002
Heather McDonald, Amit X. Garg, R. Brian Haynes
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Current methods of improving medication adherence for chronic health problems are mostly complex, labor-intensive, and not predictably effective.
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Current methods of improving medication adherence for chronic health problems are mostly complex, labor-intensive, and not predictably effective. The full benefits of medications cannot be realized at currently achievable levels of adherence; therefore, more studies of innovative approaches to assist patients to follow prescriptions for medications are needed.
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