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Failure to take medicine adds billions to cost of health care (access required)

by Amy Gillentine

Published: November 20,2009

Time posted: 9:15 am

It’s known as America’s “other” drug problem. More than $290 billion in health care costs could be avoided every year — if people would only take their medicines as prescribed by their doctors. Instead, more than 54 percent say they either don’t get prescriptions refilled, skip doses or stop taking medicine before its finished — leading to ...





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