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As the population continues to age and cost-containment pressures increase, the health industry will be challenged to find ways to empower patients to play a greater role in the management of their illness.
When prescription drugs are not taken correctly, our tax (and insurance premium) dollars must pay for all the “hidden costs of noncompliance” such as additional physician visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic tests, hospitalization, additional medications, nursing home admissions and untimely deaths.
Studies have shown that approximately 50% of all prescription drugs are not taken correctly.
New studies by the American Pharmaceutical Association show prescription drug misuse in the United States costs the economy over $117 billion annually. This research updates a 1995 study that had this cost at $76.6 billion.