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... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Attitude to Health > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Patient Acceptance of Health Care > Patient Compliance
... > Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Attitude to Health > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Patient Acceptance of Health Care > Patient Compliance
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Attitude > Attitude to Health > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Patient Acceptance of Health Care > Patient Compliance
... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Health Behavior > Treatment Adherence and Compliance > Patient Acceptance of Health Care > Patient Compliance

Preferred term

Patient Compliance  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Adherence, Client
  • Adherence, Patient
  • Client Adherence
  • Client Compliance
  • Client Compliances
  • Compliance, Client
  • Cooperation, Patient
  • Patient Adherence
  • Patient Cooperation

Note

  • distinguish entry term PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE from TREATMENT REFUSAL

Scope note

  • Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.

History note

  • 1975; for PATIENT NON-COMPLIANCE use TREATMENT REFUSAL 1997-2008, use PATIENT COMPLIANCE 1982-1990, use PATIENT DROPOUTS 1975-1981

In other languages

  • hoitomyöntyvyys

    Finnish

  • hoitokomplianssi
  • hoitomotivaatio
  • hoitomyönteisyys
  • potilaan hoitomyöntyvyys
  • potilaan komplianssi
  • Patientföljsamhet

    Swedish

  • Bristande patientsamarbete
  • Ordinationsföljsamhet
  • Patientsamarbete
  • Terapiföljsamhet

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010349

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