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Medication Adherence in Primary Care

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Medication adherence continues to be a high concern in the medical field, with only about 50% of medications used for chronic conditions taken as prescribed. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon, including patients’ lack of knowledge of the medication and the disease state, their socioeconomic status and living situation, and their relationship with their provider. The literature indicates that there are three major phases of medication adherence – initiation, implementation, and discontinuation – and as patients proceed through these phases, practitioners have an opportunity to impact a patient’s adherence using various tools and techniques.

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Peterson, A.M. (2021). Medication Adherence in Primary Care. In: O’Donohue, W., Zimmermann, M. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Prevention of Behavioral Disorders in Integrated Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83469-2_14

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