作者
Michael D Murray, James Young, Shawn Hoke, Wanzhu Tu, Michael Weiner, Daniel Morrow, Kevin T Stroupe, Jingwei Wu, Daniel Clark, Faye Smith, Irmina Gradus-Pizlo, Morris Weinberger, D Craig Brater
发表日期
2007/5/15
期刊
Annals of internal medicine
卷号
146
期号
10
页码范围
714-725
出版商
American College of Physicians
简介
Background
Patients with heart failure who take several prescription medications sometimes have poor adherence to their treatment regimens. Few interventions designed to improve adherence to therapy have been rigorously tested.
Objective
To determine whether a pharmacist intervention improves medication adherence and health outcomes compared with usual care for low-income patients with heart failure.
Design
Randomized, controlled trial conducted from February 2001 to June 2004.
Setting
University-affiliated, inner-city, ambulatory care practice.
Patients
314 low-income patients 50 years of age or older with heart failure confirmed by their primary care physician.
Intervention
Patients were randomly assigned to intervention (39% [n …
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