A Novel Method for Calculating Medication Adherence to Poly-Pharmacotherapy by Linking General Practice Prescribing Data and Pharmacy Dispensing Records
Abstract
Adherence measurements developed for mono-pharmacotherapy, such as the Medication Possession Ratio (MPR), are not appropriate to calculate adherence to poly-pharmacotherapy. These standard metrics tend to over/under estimate adherence in patients with treatment regimens consist of multiple medications. This study aimed to develop a new method for calculating medication adherence in patients using poly-pharmacotherapy by linking prescribing and...
Paper Details
Title
A Novel Method for Calculating Medication Adherence to Poly-Pharmacotherapy by Linking General Practice Prescribing Data and Pharmacy Dispensing Records
Published Date
Nov 1, 2015
Journal
Volume
18
Issue
7
Pages
A737 - A737
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