Article: Think 'Outside the Pillbox' to Improve Medication Adherence

Drug Store News
April 9, 2010

An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine underscores the importance of medication adherence and its ability to lower costs and improve lives of patients...

The article, “Thinking Outside the Pillbox – Medication Adherence as a Priority for Health Care Reform,” noted that more than $100 billion is spent each year on avoidable hospitalizations. The statistic is just the tip of the iceberg, the authors wrote, as the New England Healthcare Institute projected in July 2009 that $290 billion in total annual costs, or 13% of all healthcare expenditures, were caused by poor medication adherence.

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