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Medication Adherence: A Call for Action

Medication Adherence: A Call for Action

US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3947508/

. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as:
Am Heart J. 2011 Sep; 162(3): 412–424.doi:  10.1016/j.ahj.2011.06.007

  • Half of the 3.2 billion annual prescriptions dispensed in the United States are not taken as prescribed.
  • Cost is 100-300 billion dollars
  • cost estimates for non-adherence range from $100-300 billion each year, and include both direct and indirect costs.
  • total medical is 3 trillion dollars
  • 17% gnp
  • 83 other
  • 14.6 T$ other, 3T$ Health care


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