COMPLIANCE

Compliance

In medicine, compliance describes the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice. Most commonly, it refers to medication or drug compliance, but it can also apply to other situations such as medical device use, self care, self-directed exercises, or therapy sessions. Both the patient and the health-care provider affect compliance, and a positive physician-patient relationship is the most important factor in improving compliance, although the high cost of prescription medication also plays a major role.

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compliance

Noun

  1. An act of complying.
  2. The state of being compliant.
  3. The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
  4. A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
  5. The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
  6. the department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with


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