[Evaluation of primary adherence to medications in patients with chronic conditions: A retrospective cohort study].

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the proportion of members of a private health insurance at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires with primary adherence to, 1) bisphosphonates for secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures, 2) insulin and metformin in type 2 diabetes, and 3) tamoxifen in the context of treatment of breast cancer.

Design

Retrospective cohort study to determine the proportion of primary treatment adherence during 2012 and 2013. SITE: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Participants

Members of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires private health insurance, who had received a new electronic prescription (alendronate or ibandronate for secondary prevention of fractures following an osteoporotic fracture; insulin and/or metformin for type 2 diabetes; or t

SUBMITTER: Peper FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6837084 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature