How to detect non-adherence and improve adherence

• In: R2 - Compliance, adherence or concordance: Who cares? on Saturday, 3 September 2005, 9:00-17:00
• At: Cairo (Egypt) (2005)
• Type: Presentation
• By: HOLLAND, Ross William (Management Sciences for Health, Capacity Building and Training, Bowie, United States of America)
• Abstract:

  We all know that adherence to treatment of chronic diseases is a worldwide problem. In developed countries this averages only 50%. Poor adherence severely compromises the effectiveness of treatments of diseases such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, depression, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, hypertension, tuberculosis as well as the effective treatment of smoking

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