Scholars and practitioners share a significant concern about rising healthcare costs. Health
literacy is widely presented as a solution to this momentous issue, paving the way for a more …

Background Increasingly, patient medication adherence data are being consolidated from
claims databases and electronic health records (EHRs). Such databases offer an indirect …

The prevalence of diabetes is steadily increasing in China. When diabetes is uncontrolled, it
generates dire consequences for health and well-being. Numerous studies have shown that …

Objectives. We investigated whether nonelderly US adults (aged 18–64 years) in food-
insecure households are more likely to report cost-related medication underuse than the …

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between food security and cost-
related medication underuse among older adults (persons aged 65 years and older) in the …

Adherence to antihyperglycemic medications is often suboptimal in patients with type 2
diabetes, and this can contribute to poor glycemic control, increased hospitalization, and the …

Objective This study was designed to evaluate the correlation of baseline visual acuity (VA)
with VA outcome in response to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diabetic …

Background: Concerns regarding topical corticosteroid (TCS) use, broadly known as
“corticophobia”, are highly prevalent among dermatology patients and often result in non …

目的探讨江苏省成年人血脂异常与糖尿病的关系, 为制定血脂异常和糖尿病的综合防治策略和
措施提供科学依据. 方法采用多阶段整群随机抽样方法在江苏省14 个成人慢性病及其危险因素 …

Background High rates of inadequate health literacy are associated with maladaptive health
outcomes in chronic disease including increased mortality and morbidity rates, poor …