Assessing medication adherence using Stata
Assessing medication adherence using Stata
Ariel Linden
2019 · DOI: 10.1177/1536867X19893625
The Stata Journal · 9 Citations
TLDR
The medadhere command is introduced, which computes medication adherence rates for two commonly used measures in research and practice: the medication possession ratio and the proportion of days covered.
Abstract
In this article, I introduce the medadhere command, which computes medication adherence rates for two commonly used measures in research and practice: the medication possession ratio and the proportion of days covered. medadhere computes adherence rates for a single medication or multiple medications, and its options provide great flexibility to support the specific needs of the user.