Medicine compliance in paediatric outpatients.
In a study of children attending the outpatient department of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital it was found that less than one-quarter of the medicines dispensed were correctly taken. Antibacterials, the most frequently ordered medications, had the poorest compliance rates. Furthermore, in this group the parent least understood the purpose of the prescribed preparation. The best compliance was obtained when the purpose was well understood.
D002648:Child; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013223:Statistics as Topic