Introduction Medications cannot exert their effect if not taken as prescribed by patients. Our
objective was to summarise the observational evidence on adherence to oral anticoagulants …

Background Drug utilization studies are essential to facilitate rational drug use in the society.
Aim In this review, we provide an overview of drug utilization measures that can be used …

Background The proportion of days covered (PDC) is used to estimate medication
adherence by looking at the proportion of days in which a person has access to the …

Background Strategies to improve medication adherence are widespread in the literature;
however, their impact is limited in real practice. Few patients persistently engage long-term …

The purposes of this study were to describe the hypertensive population and therapeutic
management of hypertension in adults between 18 and 74 years of age in France in 2015 …

Background and Purpose: Although a target of 80% medication adherence is commonly
cited, it is unclear whether greater adherence improves survival after stroke or transient …

Over the past half-century, medical research on cardiovascular disease (CVD) has achieved
a great deal; however, medication adherence is unsatisfactory. Nearly 50% of patients do …

Background This paper aims to assess the presence of gender differences in medication
use and mortality in a cohort of patients affected exclusively by hypertension, in 193 …

Background We assessed the associations between patient‐clinician relationships
(communication and involvement in shared decision‐making [SDM]) and adherence to …

Non-adherence to medication is a longstanding problem, profoundly affecting patient
outcomes and sustainability of healthcare systems. Historically, non-adherence has been …