Medication adherence and knowledge of older patients with and without multidose drug dispensing

201360 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Jacobijn Gussekloo · University of Wisconsin–Madison

Abstract

this study shows that older patients receiving their drugs via MDD reported a higher medication adherence compared with patients receiving manually dispensed drugs, despite a lower knowledge and lower cognitive function among patients receiving MDD.

Topics & Keywords

Medication Adherence and Compliance Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Age and Ageing

Volume 42, Issue 5, pp. 620-626

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft083

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