Reaching the end of the line: Operational issues with implementing phone-based unannounced pill counts in resource-limited settings.

Accurate measurement of adherence is necessary to ensure that therapeutic outcomes can be attributed to the recommended treatment. Phone-based unannounced pill counts were shown to be feasible and reliable measures of adherence in developed settings; and have been further used as part of medication...

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Main Authors: Yael Hirsch-Moverman, Camilla Burkot, Suzue Saito, Koen Frederix, Blanche Pitt, Zenebe Melaku, Tsigereda Gadisa, Andrea A Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5648117?pdf=render