Medication adherence 1month after hospital discharge in medical inpatients

Abstract

Background: The rate of medication non-adherence has been consistently reported to be between 20 and 50%. The majority of available data comes from international studies, and we hypothesised that a similar rate of adherence may be observed in Australian patients. Aims: To determine the rate of adherence to medications after discharge from acute general hospital admission and identify factors that may be associated with non-adherence. Methods: A prospective cohort study of 68 patients, comparing admission and discharge medication regimens to self-reported regimens 30-40days after discharge from hospital. Patients were followed up via telephone call and univariate and multivariate binary logis..