Adheremce to long-term therapies : evidence for action / / edited by Eduardo Sabate

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.16; 615.5
• Soggetto topico: Chronic diseases - Treatment; Patient compliance; Medical policy
• Altri autori: SabateEduardo
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Ackowledgement; Scientific writers; Introduction; Take-home messages; Section I - Setting the scene; Section II - Improving adherence rates: guidance for countries; Section III - Disease-specific reviews; Annexes; Where to find a copy of this book
• Sommario/riassunto: Adherence to therapies is a primary determinant of treatment success. Poor adherence attenuates optimum clinical benefits and therefore reduces the overall effectiveness of health systems. ''Medicines will not work if you do not take them''. Medicines will not be effective if patients do not follow prescribed treatment, yet in developed countries only 50% of patients who suffer from chronic diseases adhere to treatment recommendations. In developing countries, when taken together with poor access to health care, lack of appropriate diagnosis and limited access to medicines, poor adherence is t
• Titolo autorizzato: Adheremce to long-term therapies
• ISBN: 1-280-04123-4; 9786610041237; 1-4175-2627-0; 92-4-068004-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829052203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II