| 摘要 |
Devices and methods for determining risk groups for patients according to their propensity to adhere to a medication prescription The "Adherence Estimator" device of the present invention comprises an incremented scale of potential total scores, a prescription survey having questions directed to assessing a patient1 s beliefs in respect to no more than three domains, the three domains being commitment, concerns and cost, a response recording tool, a scoring matrix and an interpretation tool Embodiments of the invention, which may be implemented in electronic or non-electronic forms, automatically score and interpret responses to the prescription survey questions in order to determine and assign patients to a high risk group, a medium risk group or a low risk group Non-electronic devices of the invention may be constructed from a variety of materials, including without limitation, paper, paper-based products, plastic, wood or metal. |
