Linkage of primary care prescribing records and pharmacy dispensing Records in the Salford Lung Study: application in asthma

Abstract Background Records of medication prescriptions can be used in conjunction with pharmacy dispensing records to investigate the incidence of adherence, which is defined as observing the treatment plans agreed between a patient and their clinician. Using prescribing records alone fails to iden...

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Published in:	BMC Medical Research Methodology
Main Authors:	Holly Tibble, James Lay-Flurrie, Aziz Sheikh, Rob Horne, Mehrdad A. Mizani, Athanasios Tsanas, The Salford Lung Study Team
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01184-8