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Let’s
look at Medication Adherence. In 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO)
reported that global medication adherence among patients with chronic
diseases averages 50 percent, and that adherence rates decrease as the
number of co-morbid diseases increase.
Medication adherence is an important contributor to effective chronic
condition management.
Medications are often the primary factor preventing older adults from
developing serious complications from chronic illness.
Conversely, poor medication adherence is the leading cause of increased
health care costs, morbidity, and early death.
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