Failure to fill a first prescription of a new medication is common in primary care settings

Affiliations

¹ Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
² Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Catherine S Hwang et al. Evid Based Med. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;19(5):196.

doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2014-110026. Epub 2014 Jun 19.

¹ Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
² Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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