title: The importance of medication adherence in improving chronic-disease related outcomes: what we know and what we need to further know.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balkrishnan
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010595:Pharmacists; D012646:Self Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome