Relationship Between Oral Antihyperglycemic Medication Adherence and Hospitalization, Mortality, and Healthcare Costs in Adult Ambulatory Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in South Korea

Seok Hong, Jae; Chung Kang, Hee

doi:10.1097/mlr.0b013e31820292d1

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Relationship Between Oral Antihyperglycemic Medication Adherence and Hospitalization, Mortality, and Healthcare Costs in Adult Ambulatory Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in South Korea

Published in Medical Care • Mar 2, 2011

Authors:

Jae Seok Hong

Hee Chung Kang

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Medication adherence has been identified as a major factor influencing health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. OBJECTIVES: We assessed the relationship between initial adherence to oral antihyperglycemic medications and subsequent health outcomes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: ...

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Medicine

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