TY  - JOUR
T1  - IMproving medication adherence promises great payback, but poses tough challenge
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2010/03/03
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.212
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 825
EP  - 825
VL  - 303
IS  - 9
N2  - 
Poor adherence accounts for an estimated 33% to 69% of medication-related hospital admissions, costing about $100 billion (Osterberg L and Blaschke L. N Engl J Med. 2005;353[5]:487-497). Harder to measure, but no less real, are the premature deaths and reduced quality of life for patients; increased patient and physician anger, frustration, and hopelessness; and skewed findings for clinical research.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.212
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.212
ER  -