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PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
Volume 55, Issue 3, Pages 554-556Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22605
Keywords
adherence; children; medications; sickle cell disease
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- NIH [6/12/08-7/30/08]
- NHLBI [RO1HL079937]
- Burroughs Wellcome Foundation [1006671]
- [TL1RR024995]
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The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of adherence to daily medications among children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Prescription records for 12 months were obtained from participants who had insurance in a Medicaid-based single health maintenance organization. Adherence was measured as a ratio between the number of expected days and the observed days between two refill periods for daily medications. A total of 93 children were studied. The average refill prescription rate was 58.4%. More formal strategies are required to identify barriers to prescription refills among children with SCD. Pedian Blood Cancer. 2010;55:554 556. (C) 2010 Wiley-Liss,
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