Unclaimed prescriptions: an overlooked opportunity.

Unclaimed prescriptions are an overlooked component of medication noncompliance. Of 21 pharmacies surveyed for prescriptions unclaimed for 30 days or more, pharmacies averaged 21.4 prescriptions each (450 total), with the mean age of 45.

Affects, demographic variables, and health.

The revised Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL-R) was given to a national probability sample that consisted of 1,543 adults who also were interviewed, which provided demographic data and self-ratings of health, medication use, and social activities. Standardization procedures have reduced markedly the acquiescence factor and the correlations among the dysphoric affect scales in the MAACL-R. The demographic variables of sex, race, age, education, occupation, income, marital status, religion, geographical area of residence, and size of town or city were related to some of the scales.

The impact of drug bulletins on physician prescribing habits in a health maintenance organization.

The concern over rising health care costs has created an environment that is favorable for the development of efficient health care programs. Pharmacists have been instrumental in developing and implementing programs to reduce drug costs, but many of these lack adequate documentation in the literature. One such area is the impact of disseminating drug bulletins to prescribers.