Patient Compliance
| Definition: |
Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen. |
| Notes: |
for non-compliance, note PATIENT NONCOMPLIANCE see TREATMENT REFUSAL |
| Also Called: |
Family Planning Clinic Attendance,User Compliance |
| Previously Indexed: |
Cooperative Behavior (1971-1974) |
Patient Compliance Definitions and Terms
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