Using pharmacy claims data to study adherence to glaucoma medications: methodology and findings of the Glaucoma Adherence and Persistency Study (GAPS).

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Published in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci on November 01, 2007

Authors

David S Friedman1, Harry A Quigley, Laurie Gelb, Jason Tan, Jay Margolis, Sonali N Shah, Elizabeth E Kim, Thom Zimmerman, Steven R Hahn

Author Affiliations

1: Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA. david.friedman@jhu.edu

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