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scienceeasy

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on: Jul 24, 2018
Pharmacologic interventions are costly. Patients for whom the cost/benefit variable is especially important include:
 
  1. Older adults and those on fixed incomes
  2. Patients with chronic illnesses
  3. Patients with copayments for drugs on their insurance
  4. Patients on public assistance

Question 2

Monitoring adherence can take several forms, including:
 
  1. Patient reports from data in a drug diary
  2. Pill counts
  3. Laboratory reports and other diagnostic markers
  4. All of the above


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Excellent

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