Missing signposts on the roadmap to quality: a call to improve medication adherence indicators in data collection for population research

• Main Authors: Bradi B. Granger (Author), Shelley A. Rusincovitch (Author), Suzanne eAvery (Author), Bryan C. Batch (Author), Ashley A. Dunham (Author), Mark N. Feinglos (Author), Katherine eKelly (Author), Marjorie ePierre-Louis (Author), Susan E. Spratt (Author), Robert M. Califf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: Poor adherence to prescribed medicines is associated with increased rates of poor outcomes, including hospitalization, serious adverse events, and death, and is also associated with increased healthcare costs. However, current approaches to evaluation of medication adherence using real-worl...