Importance Adherence to long-term therapies in chronic disease is poor. Traditional
interventions to improve adherence are complex and not widely effective. Mobile telephone text …

The economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including
cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, poses major challenges to …

Background In the United States, mifepristone is available for medical abortion (for use with
misoprostol) only with Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) restrictions, despite …

Performance (WHO 2000); the World Health Organization (WHO) resolution on sustainable
health financing, universal health coverage, and social health insurance (WHO 2005); and …

Introduction: There are growing concerns among European health authorities regarding
increasing prices for new cancer medicines, prices not necessarily linked to health gain and the …

Background Often affecting knee joints, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis
and by 2020 is predicted to become the fourth leading cause of disability globally. Without …

Treatment preferences play a key role in dictating sleep health outcomes. However, patients’
treatment beliefs, attitudes, and experiences that inform preference conceptualization …

Background Adherence to multiple cardiovascular (CV) medications is a cornerstone of coronary
heart disease (CHD) management and prevention, but it is sub-optimal worldwide. This …

Background In asthma, underuse of cost-effective preventive treatments increases morbidity
and mortality. The cost of medicines contributes to underuse (“nonadherence”), but the …

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the effect of polypill-based care on the
achievement of 2016 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guideline targets for blood pressure …