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Perceptions of Patients with Primary Nonadherence to Statin Medications

Derjung M. Tarn, Maureen Barrientos, Mark J. Pletcher, Keith Cox, Jon Turner, Alicia Fernandez and Janice B. Schwartz
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2021, 34 (1) 123-131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.01.200262
Derjung M. Tarn
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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Maureen Barrientos
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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Mark J. Pletcher
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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Keith Cox
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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Jon Turner
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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Alicia Fernandez
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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Janice B. Schwartz
From the Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (DMT); Divisions of Geriatrics and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MB, JBS); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (MJP); Department of Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (KC); Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY (JT); Department of Medicine, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (AF).
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