Association Between Method of Prescribing and Primary Nonadherence to Dermatologic Medication in an Urban Hospital Population | Zendy

Adewole S. Adamson | Zendy; Elizabeth A. Suarez | Zendy; April Gorman | Zendy

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Association Between Method of Prescribing and Primary Nonadherence to Dermatologic Medication in an Urban Hospital Population

Author(s) -

Adewole S. Adamson,

Elizabeth A. Suarez,

April Gorman

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3491

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , retrospective cohort study , primary care , medical record , cohort , population , cohort study , pediatrics , emergency medicine , family medicine , environmental health , pharmacology

Prescription underuse is associated with poorer clinical outcomes. A significant proportion of underuse is owing to primary nonadherence, defined as the rate at which patients fail to fill and pick up new prescriptions. Although electronic prescribing increases coordination of care and decreases errors, its effect on primary nonadherence is less certain.

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