Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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New Study Identifies Barriers that Prevent Kidney Transplant Patients from Getting Critical Follow-Up Care
December 12, 2010 | Story
RWJF Physician Faculty Scholar explores ways to help kidney transplant patients stay healthy.
Health Beliefs, Disease Severity, and Patient Adherence
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
A Meta-Analysis
Who Participates in Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSM) Programs?
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Individuals with higher physical functioning and who rated their primary care providers as less supportive were more likely to participate in CDSM.
Medication Adherence and Medicare Expenditure Among Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Hospitalization rates and Medicare costs due to cardiovascular disease have the potential to be reduced when patients practice better medication adherence.
Physician Communication and Patient Adherence to Treatment
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study analyzed 127 research studies spanning 59 years to find a positive correlation between physician communication skills, as well as physician training in communication skills and patient adherence to treatment recommendations.
Health Behavior Change and Treatment Adherence
January 1, 2010 | Book
This book synthesizes the results from more than 50 years of empirical research, resulting in simple, powerful, and practical guidance for health professionals who want to know the most effective strategies for helping their clients to put long-term health-relevant behavior changes into practice.
Medication Adherence Changes Following Value-Based Insurance Design
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Value-based insurance design bases cost sharing on a medication's clinical value, not its price. This study shows the effectiveness of value-based insurance design.
Community-Based TB Prevention Programs
October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 1997, staff at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, developed a tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention program by linking health care resources aimed at the control of tuberculosis, with community-based resources for under-served populations in Baltimore City.