Primary Adherence to Controller Medications for Asthma Is Poor

2015129 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Ann Chen Wu · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Melissa G. Butler · Kaiser Permanente

Lingling Li · Harvard University

Vicki Fung · Massachusetts General Hospital

Elyse O. Kharbanda · HealthPartners

Emma K. Larkin · Vanderbilt University

William M. Vollmer ·

Abstract

Adherence to controller medications for asthma is poor. In this insured population, primary adherence to ICSs was better than to LTRAs and ICS/LABAs. Adherence as measured by proportion of days covered was better for LTRAs and ICS/LABAs than for ICSs.

Topics & Keywords

Asthma and respiratory diseases Medication Adherence and Compliance Pharmaceutical studies and practices

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 161-166

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201410-459oc

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