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- Despite physician’s best intentions (and in many
cases the patient’s also), patient adherence remains a serious
and costly issue
- Up to 40% of patients do not adhere to their treatment
regimens
- Non-adherence to medications cause over 125,000 deaths
annually in the United States
- Non-adherence to medications are responsible for up
to 25% of
hospital & nursing home admissions
- Unfortunately, not much improvement in rates of non-adherence
in the past 30 years
Fawcett J. Compliance:
definitions and key issues. J Clin Psychiatry, 1995;56 (S1): 4-8
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