Not Taking Your Meds? It's A $290 Billion Problem

WBUR
August 11, 2009

...The New England Healthcare Institute found that patients who don’t take their medications cost the nation’s health care system $290 billion a year in avoidable medical spending.

Valerie Fleishman, the institute’s executive director, said the problem isn’t just caused by the high cost of some drugs.

“It can range from forgetfulness to confusion to simple things like lack of transportation, cultural beliefs, real or perceived side effects, lifestyle and people’s understanding of their own disease,” Fleishman said...

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