An algorithm to identify medication nonpersistence using electronic pharmacy databases
Conclusions Our method has utility for health care operations and research in prevalent (ongoing) and new user cohorts. The algorithm detects a subset of patients with inadequate medication-taking behavior not identified as primary nonadherent or secondary nonadherent. Healthcare systems can most comprehensively identify patients with short- or long-term medication underutilization by identifying primary nonadherence, secondary nonadherence, and nonpersistence.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - Category: Information Technology Authors: Parker, M. M., Moffet, H. H., Adams, A., Karter, A. J. Tags: Research and Applications Source Type: research
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