Barriers to Adherence in Elderly Heart Failure Patients
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Coral 1. Hope, PkamD, MS Assistant Professor. Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi N o relationships to disclose Jingwei Wu, MS Biostatistician, Department of Medicine (Division of Bios ta tist ics), Indiana University School of Medicine. Indianapolis, Indiana N o relationships to disclose Wanzkr Tu, PhD Assistant Professor. Department of Medicine. Indiana University School of Medicine, Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana. and Purdue University S c h d ofPharmacy, Indianapolis, Indiana N o relationships t o disclose J a m s Young, PharmD Research Pharmacist, Wishard Health Services, Indianapolis, Indiana N o relationships to disclose
Michael D. Murray, P k a r d , MPH Bucke Professor of Pharmacy, Purdue University, and Director ofHealth Care Data S. Epidemiology, Senior Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana N o relationships to disclose Key Words Patient compliance; Skills; Congestive heart failure; Aged; Drug therapy
Correspondence Address Carol J. Hope, PharmD, MS. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, M S 39216 (e-mail: chope@medin'ne.umsmed.edu).
Release Date: November 2004 Expiration Date: November 30,2005 Estimated time to complete the activity: I hour
ty,heart failure is a prognosis worse than many cancers (2,3,4).In 1997,Medicare paid $3.7 billion for the treatment of heart failure (1). Since heart failure is a disease of the elderly, the inci-
medications required to treat heart failure, problems associated with aging, and side effects. Heart failure patients usually require four to five medications for heart failure in addition
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