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Medication adherence tops list of ways to optimize outcomes: Aetna-funded study aims to show patients compliance has rewards.

Publication: Managed Healthcare Executive
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Medication adherence tops list of ways to optimize outcomes: Aetna-funded study aims to show patients compliance has rewards.(NEWS ANALYSIS)

Article Excerpt
NATIONAL REPORTS -- There's been a continued interest in how medication adherence can improve both health outcomes and patient safety.

"In general, patients aren't following recommended healthcare guidelines, and they tend to underestimate distant outcomes of care, especially when they don't see results from a medication immediately," says Troyen...



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