Introduction: Although correlates of overall medication adherence have been studied, little is
known about primary medication non-adherence—patients' failing to fill a prescription …

Objectives The study objective was to determine the level and correlates of self-reported
medication low adherence in the US general population. Setting A 30 min cross-sectional …

Background Poor adherence to long-term therapies is a public health concern that affects all
populations. Little is known about the context of adherence in chronic diseases for the …

Background: Medication adherence is a complex phenomenon, influenced by a variety of
factors. Most adherence research focuses on one medicine and does not represent the …

Context Understanding and improving the quality of medication management is particularly
important in the context of the Medicare prescription drug benefit that took effect last January …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To ascertain the opinions of family physicians about medication
adherence in patients with chronic diseases and the role of community pharmacists in …

Purpose: Nonadherence to medicines contributes to poor health outcomes, especially for
patients with complicated medicine regimens. We examined adherence among patients at a …

Objective To evaluate the level of agreement among three previously validated self-reported
medication adherence measures and pharmacy refill records (RRs). Design Cross-sectional …

Seventy-five percent of Americans have trouble taking their medicine as directed. 1 This lack
of adherence is costing many people their good health and the health-care system billions of …

BACKGROUND: Despite the proven efficacy of prescription regimens in reducing disease
symptoms and preventing or minimizing complications, poor medication adherence remains …