Primary non-adherence of medications: lifting the veil on prescription-filling behaviors

Editorial

Matthew D Solomon et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Apr.

. 2010 Apr;25(4):280-1.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1286-0.

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Primary medication non-adherence: analysis of 195,930 electronic prescriptions.
Fischer MA, Stedman MR, Lii J, Vogeli C, Shrank WH, Brookhart MA, Weissman JS. Fischer MA, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Apr;25(4):284-90. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1253-9. Epub 2010 Feb 4. J Gen Intern Med. 2010. PMID: 20131023 Free PMC article.

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