%0 Journal Article
%T Characteristics of unclaimed prescriptions in a college-aged population
%J Journal of American college health
%D 2020
%A Davis, Jennifer L.
%A Carpenter, Sierra
%A Irwin, Adriane N.
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P 1-5
%X <b>Objective:</b> Describe the frequency and characteristics of unclaimed prescriptions from a pharmacy embedded within a student health services clinic. <b>Methods:</b> Cross-sectional study of prescriptions received by an on-campus pharmacy between September 1-December 31, 2017 and September 1-December 31, 2018. Prescription data were extracted from the pharmacy administrative database and then categorized into medication classes and claimed versus unclaimed. <b>Results:</b> The pharmacy received 18,337 prescriptions during the study periods. Medications classified as central nervous system (n = 5101, 27.8%), hormones (n = 3976; 21.7%), and anti-infective (n = 3262, 17.8%) medications were most common. A total of 2,609 prescriptions (14.2%) were left unclaimed by patients. The frequency of unclaimed prescriptions varied across medication classes, ranging from 9.0% (anti-infective) to 34.1% (genitourinary). <b>Conclusions:</b> Approximately one in seven prescriptions went unclaimed at this on-campus pharmacy. Future research is needed to identify predictors for unclaimed prescriptions to develop effective interventions that improve medication adherence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0744-8481
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1748040