CDC Science In Brief Estimates Potential Cost Savings From Improved Medication Adherence
Medication nonadherence accounts for billions of dollars in
avoidable health care costs, millions in avoidable inpatient
hospital days, and thousands of avoidable ED visits. A new CDC Science In Brief, How Much Does Medication Nonadherence Cost the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program?, finds that if just 25% of
nonadherent Medicare FFS beneficiaries with hypertension
became adherent, Medicare could save $13.7 billion per year.
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