Pharmacists' role in health reform

Politico
January 13, 2012

How do we get patients – especially those with chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension — to take their medications faithfully?

Hundreds of billions of dollars are riding on the answer. Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. annually amounts to $301 billion, about 10 percent of the nation’s total health care tab. But almost as much — $290 billion — is spent each year dealing with the medical effects of Americans not taking their drugs correctly, according to the New England Healthcare Institute.

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