Cardiac patients given longer prescriptions at discharge more likely to continue taking medication

Elderly cardiac patients prescribed heart medications for 60 days or more after leaving hospital have four times the odds of adhering to the drug regime than patients prescribed the same medications for 30 days, according to research conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Women’s College Hospital.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/wch…