Medication knowledge and compliance. Home care vs. senior housing clients.
Are home care patients as knowledgeable about their medications and do they take them with as much adherence to prescription as their counterparts in senior citizen housing do? A study concentrates on knowledge and compliance in two geriatric populations.
Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, NJ.
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D000368:Aged; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012646:Self Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States