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Failure to adhere to recommended medication regimens is a real problem that has negative consequences for patients, providers, health plans, employers, industry, and society. The national dialogue on health reform that is currently under way includes a discussion of ways to improve care for persons with chronic disease and to improve the value and efficiency of health care. Strategies to improve adherence to medication therapy fall squarely in these discussions, since nonadherence affects the ability to effectively manage and control chronic diseases and contributes to the costs society incurs. This literature review was requested as background for a conference focusing on policy options to improve medication adherence. It identifies barriers to medication adherence with a strong evidence base and discusses key lessons from the literature that are relevant for the policy discussion.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Conceptual Framework
Chapter Three
Systematic Review of Non-Cost-Related Barriers to Medication Adherence
Chapter Four
Previous Reviews of Medication Adherence
Chapter Five
Summary
Chapter Six
Framework for Discussing Policy Options
Appendix A
Measurement of Medication Adherence.
Appendix B
Evidence Table for Systematic Review of Non-Cost-Related Barriers to Medication Adherence
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